Jeremiah 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.

Jer 11:13; Eze 16:61,63; Ho 2:8; Ho 9:10; Ho 10:6

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).