Jeremiah 3:24 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

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 Metonymy (of Cause), for all that had been produced by labour.

their sons. Some codices, with two early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "and their", thus completing the Figure of speech Polysyndeton, to emphasize the completeness of the Restoration.

Jeremiah 3:24

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