Jeremiah 3:24 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters. ”

Jeremiah 3:24 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For ... - And. It is the continuation of the thought in Jeremiah 3:23 . Idolatry was there described as unprofitable, here as ruinous and hurtful. Shame - literally, the shame (Bosheth, pers...
Jeremiah 3:24 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

For shame hath devoured the labour of our (y) fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters. (y) For their idolatry God's vengeance has light on them and their...
Jeremiah 3:24 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 3:19 to Jeremiah 4:4 . A Dialogue of Yahweh's Grace. This directly continues Jeremiah 3:5 , the I of Jeremiah 3:19 being emphatically contrasted with the thou of Jeremiah 3:5 . Yahw...
Jeremiah 3:24 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

shame . the shameful thing, "shame" being put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Effect), for the Asherah which put them to shame ( Jeremiah 3:25 ). See App-42. labour. Put by Figure of speech...
Jeremiah 3:24 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

They confirm more fully the same complaint, — That God had by manifest proofs shewed the sins of the nation; for he had consumed their labor, that is, whatever they had acquired by labor. He al...
Jeremiah 3:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters. For shame hath devoured - The word shame, here and in Jeremiah 11:13 ;...
Jeremiah 3:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters. Shame hath devoured the labours of our fathers ... their flocks...
Jeremiah 3:24 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet Sets Forth the Sin of the Nation and Points Out the Inevitable Result (Reign of Josiah, and Probably Before the Reforms of that King: cp. Jeremiah 3:6 ) This section furnishes us with...
Jeremiah 3:24 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Shame. — The Hebrew noun has the article, “ the shame,” and is the word constantly used as the interchangeable synonym for Baal, as in Jerubbaal and Jerubbesheth ( Judges 6:32 ; 2 Samuel 11:21 ),...
Jeremiah 3:24 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER III ISRAEL AND JUDAH: A CONTRAST Jeremiah 3:6-25 ; Jeremiah 4:1-2 THE first address of our prophet was throughout of a sombre cast, and the darkness of its close was not relieved by a...
Jeremiah 3:24 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Pleading with Faithless Children Jeremiah 3:11-25 ; Jeremiah 4:1-2 The people of the northern kingdom, to whom this appeal is especially addressed, were more excusable than Judah, because thei...
Jeremiah 3:24 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Following the impeachment, the prophet appealed to the people to return. This appeal commenced with a declaration that Jehovah's love was greater than man's in that He was willing to receive back the...
Jeremiah 3:24 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Lord still causeth his grace to triumph over the unworthiness of his Israel, until at length, the heart is subdued and overcome. What a sweet and blessed conclusion is made to the subject, and to...
Jeremiah 3:24 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth ,.... That is, sin, which is the cause of shame, and of which sinners ought to be ashamed, and will be sooner or later; so the Targum...
Jeremiah 3:24 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters. Ver. 24. For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers. ] That s...
Jeremiah 3:24 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers That is, the fruit of their labour, יגיע, which properly signifies labour and toil , being here put by a metonymy for the substance acquired...
Jeremiah 3:24 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Israel Returning to God; Israel Encouraged in Their Return. B. C. 620. 20 Surely as...
Jeremiah 3:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Shame; either in general put for sin, which causeth shame, a metonymy of the effect; for that brought shame first into the world, Genesis 2:25 . Or in particular the idol Baal, called the shame...
Jeremiah 3:24 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology. Exact date of chapter uncertain. It naturally divides itself at Jeremiah 3:5 , although Dahler, Umbriet, and Neuman contend for the unity of the chapt...
Jeremiah 3:24 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Let us read part of the 3 rd chapter of Jeremiah where God brings a solemn accusation against the two nations of Israel and Judah because they forsook the living God, and went after idols neglected h...
Jeremiah 3:24 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 3:3 . Therefore the showers, of the former and the latter rain, have been withheld. Other prophets make the same remark. God is not obliged to give luxuriant harvests to furnish feasts...
Jeremiah 3:24 - The Biblical Illustrator

Return. .. and I will heal your backslidings. Hope for the worst backsliders I. The call from God. “Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings.” 1. It is a call to co...
Jeremiah 3:24 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION That this chapter (to which the first four verses of Jeremiah 4:1-24 . ought to have been attached) belongs to the time of Josiah seems to be proved by Jeremiah 3:6 , and the years...
Jeremiah 3:24 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Call to Return
Jeremiah 3:24 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 16:61 ; Ezekiel 16:63 ; Hosea 10:6 ; Hosea 2:8 ; Hosea 9:10 ; Jeremiah 11:13
Jeremiah 3:24 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Shame — Sin, which causes shame, for that brought shame first into the world. Devoured — This hath been the fruit of our labour.

Jeremiah 3:24 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 3:24 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 3:24 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 3:24 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 3:24 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 3:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 3:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 3:24 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 3:24 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 3:24 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 3:24 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jeremiah 3:24 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 3:24 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 3:24 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 3:24 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 3:24 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 3:24 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 3:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 3:24 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 3:24 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 3:24 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 3:24 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jeremiah 3:24 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 3:24 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 3:24 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 3:24 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes