Catholic Public Domain Version
"Confusion has devoured the labor of our fathers, from our youth, with their flocks and their herds, with their sons and their daughters. "
— Jeremiah 3:24, Catholic Public Domain Version
“For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.”
“But the shameful thing hath devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters. ”
“But the shameful thing has devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.”
“From earliest times our worship of that shameful god, Baal, has taken away all that our ancestors worked for. It has taken away our flocks and our herds, and even our sons and daughters.”
“Confusion hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.”
“But the Baal has taken all the work of our fathers from our earliest days; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.”
“For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.”
A voice has been heard in the highways, the weeping and wailing of the sons of Israel. For they have made their own ways sinful; they have forgotten the Lord their God.
“Convert, O rebellious sons! And I will heal your rebelliousness.” “Behold, we are returning to you. For you are the Lord our God!
Truly, the hills were liars, with the multitude of the mountains. Truly, the salvation of Israel is in the Lord our God.
Confusion has devoured the labor of our fathers, from our youth, with their flocks and their herds, with their sons and their daughters.
We will sleep in our confusion, and our disgrace will cover us. For we have sinned against the Lord our God: we and our fathers, from our youth, even to this day. And we have not listened to the voice of the Lord our God.”