Jeremiah 3:24

Idolatry had consumed the Israelites in all that they had done throughout their history. It had been a blight on their existence, a shame to them as a people. But another nuance may also have been intended.

". . . Baal is referred to under the substitute name bosheth, ’shame’ [cf. Jeremiah 11:13; 2 Samuel 2:8: Ish-bosheth, lit. man of shame]. . . . ’Shame’ (Baal) had devoured all that the labors of their fathers had produced since the people were children." [Note: Thompson, p. 209.]