Jeremiah 3:25

Shame Guilt and conscience Sin Repentance

²³ Surely deception comes from the hills, and commotion from the mountains. Surely the salvation of Israel is in the LORD our God.

²⁴ From our youth, that shameful god has consumed what our fathers have worked for— their flocks and herds, their sons and daughters.

Let us lie down in our shame; let our disgrace cover us. We have sinned against the LORD our God, both we and our fathers; from our youth even to this day we have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.”

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Let us lie down in our shame; let our disgrace cover us. We have sinned against the LORD our God, both we and our fathers; from our youth even to this day we have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.”
KJV: We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.
WEB: Let us lie down in our shame, and let our confusion cover us; for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day. We have not obeyed the LORD our God’s voice.”
ASV: Let us lie down in our shame, and let our confusion cover us; for we have sinned against Jehovah our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day; and we have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah our God.
DARBY: We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us; for we have sinned against Jehovah our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah our God.
BLB: Let us lie down and let our shame, and let our disgrace cover us; for we have sinned against YHWH our God, we and our fathers, from our youth and to this day, and we have not listened to the voice of YHWH our God.

ÅB: La oss ligge i vår vanære, og la vår skam dekke oss! For mot Herren vår Gud har vi syndet, vi og våre fedre, fra vår ungdom av like til denne dag, og vi har ikke hørt på Herrens, vår Guds røst.
[^1]: d.e. holde larmende avgudstjeneste på dem.
OTB: La oss legge oss ned i vår skam, og la vår vanære dekke oss. Vi har syndet mot Herren vår Gud, både vi og våre forfedre; fra vår ungdom til denne dag har vi ikke adlydt Herrens vår Guds røst.”
B1930: La oss ligge i vår vanære, og la vår skam dekke oss! For mot Herren vår Gud har vi syndet, vi og våre fedre, fra vår ungdom av like til denne dag, og vi har ikke hørt på Herrens, vår Guds røst.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Jeremiah 22:21
I warned you when you were secure. You said, ‘I will not listen.’ This has been your way from youth, that you have not obeyed My voice.
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Lamentations 5:16
The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
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Proverbs 5:13
I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my mentors.
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Ezekiel 7:18
They will put on sackcloth, and terror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be shaved.
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Jeremiah 2:26
As the thief is ashamed when he is caught, so the house of Israel is disgraced. They, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets
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Psalms 109:29
May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may they wear their shame like a robe.
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Isaiah 50:11
Behold, all you who kindle a fire, who array yourselves with firebrands, walk in the light of your fire and of the firebrands you have lit! This is what you will receive from My hand: You will lie down in a place of torment.
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Nehemiah 9:32–34
So now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God who keeps His gracious covenant, do not view lightly all the hardship that has come upon us, and upon our kings and leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors and all Your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.
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