Jeremiah 3:24
Context3:24 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
Context24:10 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


[3:24] 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”).
[3:24] 2 tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 25).