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 shameful thing, Baal hath done it; Jer 11:13 Hos 9:10 he hath even eaten up our cattle and our children, of whom, if any be left, yet there is nothing left for them. And this we now see, long and last, paenitentia ducti, et nostro male edocti, having bought our wit, and paid dear for our learning. And may not many ill husbands among us say as much of their drunkenness and wantonness? See Proverbs 5:9,12. See Trapp on " Pro 5:9 " See Trapp on " Pro 5:10 " See Trapp on " Pro 5:11 " See Trapp on " Pro 5:12 "