Jeremiah 3:24

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…

For ... - And. It is the continuation of the thought in Jer 3:23. Idolatry was there described as unprofitable, here as ruinous and hurtful. Shame - literally, the shame (Bosheth, personified), that…

Here is, I. The charge God exhibits against Israel for their treacherous departures from him, Jer 3:20. As an adulterous wife elopes from her husband, so have they gone a whoring from God. They were…

Vain was the boisterous service spoken of in Jer 3:3. It is not merely without profit, but most hurtful.

the shameful thing Heb. Bosheth(shame), a word frequently substituted for Baal, when the latter…