Jeremiah 3:24
And the shameful thing hath devoured The labour of our fathers from our youth, Their flock and their herd, Their sons and their daughters.This verse in the real world
In what words
- יְגִיעַyᵉgîyaʻtoil; hence, a work, produce, property (as the result of labor)
- בֹּשֶׁתbôshethshame (the feeling and the condition, as well as its cause); by implication (specifically)
- נָעוּרnâʻûwr(only in plural collectively or emphatic form) youth, the state (juvenility) or the person
- בָּקָרbâqârbeef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collecti
- צֹאןtsôʼna collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
- אָכַלʼâkalto eat (literally or figuratively)
- אָבʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
- בֵּןbêna son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative re
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.