Jeremiah 3:22-24
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
22 Return, rebellious children!
I will heal your rebellions.
“Here we are! We belong to you,
for you are the Lord, our God.(A)
23 Deceptive indeed are the hills,
the mountains, clamorous;
Only in the Lord our God
is Israel’s salvation.(B)
24 The shameful thing[a] has devoured
our ancestors’ worth from our youth,
Their sheep and cattle,
their sons and daughters.
Footnotes
- 3:24 The shameful thing: Heb. bosheth (“shame”), a term often substituted for the name of Baal, a Canaanite god worshiped at local shrines.
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