Jeremiah 3:24

3:24 From earliest times our worship of that shameful god, Baal,

has taken away ¹  all that our ancestors ²  worked for.

It has taken away our flocks and our herds,

and even our sons and daughters.

Jeremiah 24:10

24:10 I will bring war, starvation, and disease ³  on them until they are completely destroyed from the land I gave them and their ancestors.’” ⁴ 

¹ tn Heb “From our youth the shameful thing has eaten up…” The shameful thing is specifically identified as Baal in Jer 11:13. Compare also the shift in certain names such as Ishbaal (“man of Baal”) to Ishbosheth (“man of shame”).

² tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 25).

³ sn See Jer 14:12 and the study note there.

⁴ tn Heb “fathers.”