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Jeremiah 2:11
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Has a nation ever exchanged its gods?(But they were not gods!)Yet my people have exchanged their Gloryfor useless idols.
Has a nation changed [its] gods, which yet are no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.
Has a nation changed its gods, even though they are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.
"Has a nation changed gods, When they were not gods? But My people have exchanged their glory For that which is of no benefit.
Has a nation ever exchanged its gods? (Of course, its gods are not really gods at all.) But my people have exchanged their glorious God for idols worth nothing.
"Has a nation [ever] changed gods Even though they were not gods [but merely man-made objects]? But My people have exchanged their Glory (the true God) For that [man-made idol] which does not benefit [them].
Has a nation changed [its] gods, which yet are no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.
Hath any nation changed their gods, which yet are no gods? but my people haue chaged their glorie, for that which doeth not profite.
Has a nation changed godsThough they were not gods?But My people have changed their gloryFor that which does not profit.
Has a nation ever changed its gods? (though they were no gods at all!) Yet My people have exchanged their Glory for idols that are useless.
You will find that no nation has ever abandoned its gods even though they were false. I am the true and glorious God, but you have rejected me to worship idols.
has a nation ever exchanged its gods (and theirs are not gods at all!)? Yet my people have exchanged their Glory for something without value.
Hath a nation changed [its] gods? and they are no gods;—but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
Has any nation ever stopped worshiping their old gods so that they could worship new gods? No! And their gods are not really gods at all! But my people stopped worshiping their glorious God and started worshiping idols that are worth nothing.
Have the Gentiles changed their gods, which are not gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.
No other nation has ever changed its gods, even though they were not real. But my people have exchanged me, the God who has brought them honor, for gods that can do nothing for them.
Has a nation exchanged gods? And they are not gods! But my people have exchanged their glory for that which does not profit.
Has a nation changed its gods, and they were not gods? But My people have changed their Glory without profiting.
whether the Gentiles themselues deale so falsly & vntruly with their goddes (which yet are no goddes in dede.) But my people hath geuen ouer their hie honoure, for a thinge that maye not helpe them.
Hath a nation changed its gods, which yet are no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
Has any nation ever made a change in their gods, though they are no gods? but my people have given up their glory in exchange for what is of no profit.
Hath a nation changed its gods, which yet are no gods? But My people hath changed its glory for that which doth not profit.
Hath a nation changed their Gods, which are yet no Gods? but my people haue changed their glory, for that which doth not profit.
Whether the gentiles them selues haue chaunged their gods which yet are no gods in deede? but my people hath chaunged their honour for a thyng that may not helpe them.
if the nations will change their gods, though they are not gods: but my people have changed their glory, for that from which they shall not be profited.
Hath a nation changed their gods, which yet are no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
if siche a thing is doon, if a folk chaungide hise goddis; and certeynli thei ben no goddis; but my puple chaungide hise glorie in to an ydol.
Has a nation changed [its] gods, which yet are no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.
Hath a nation changed [their] gods, which [are] yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for [that which] doth not profit.
Has a nation ever changed its gods (even though they are not really gods at all)? But my people have exchanged me, their glorious God, for a god that cannot help them at all!
Has a nation changed its gods, Which are not gods? But My people have changed their Glory For what does not profit.
Has any nation ever traded its gods for new ones, even though they are not gods at all? Yet my people have exchanged their glorious God for worthless idols!
Has a nation changed its gods, even when they are not gods? But My people have changed their greatness for that which does not help them.
Has a nation changed its gods, even though they are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for something that does not profit.
Hath a nation, changed gods, although they were No-gods? Yet my people have changed my glory for that which could not profit!
If a nation hath changed their gods, and indeed they are not gods: but my people have changed their glory into an idol.
Has a nation changed its gods, even though they are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.
Hath a nation changed gods? (And they [are] no gods!) And My people hath changed its honour For that which doth not profit.
"Has a nation changed gods When they were not gods? But My people have changed their glory For that which does not profit.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
a nation: Jeremiah 2:5, Micah 4:5, 1 Peter 1:18
no gods: Jeremiah 16:20, Psalms 115:4, Isaiah 37:19, 1 Corinthians 8:4
changed their glory: Jeremiah 2:8, Deuteronomy 33:29, Psalms 3:3, Psalms 106:20, Romans 1:23
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 31:16 - forsake me Judges 16:23 - Dagon 1 Samuel 4:21 - The glory 2 Kings 1:3 - ye go 2 Kings 22:17 - have forsaken 2 Chronicles 13:9 - no gods Psalms 4:2 - my glory Psalms 81:11 - people Isaiah 43:22 - thou hast been Isaiah 44:9 - and their Jeremiah 2:13 - broken cisterns Jeremiah 2:32 - a maid Jeremiah 5:7 - no gods Jeremiah 16:19 - wherein Ezekiel 5:7 - neither have done Ezekiel 14:5 - estranged Amos 3:9 - Publish Amos 6:2 - Pass Mark 6:6 - marvelled Luke 2:32 - and 1 Corinthians 8:5 - that Ephesians 1:17 - the Father 2 Timothy 2:14 - to no
Cross-References
And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.
And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.
And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods?.... Though they are not by nature gods which they worship, only nominal and fictitious deities, yet they did not change them for others; but when they once embraced the worship of them, continued therein; so did the Chittim, the inhabitants of the isles, who though they traded to distant countries, from place to place; and so the Kedarenes, who dwelt in tents, and fed cattle, and moved from one desert to another, and from one pasture to another, as Jarchi observes; yet they carried their gods with them, and did not exchange them for new ones where they came. The Jewish writers say b, that the Kedarenes worshipped water, and the Chittim fire; and though they knew that water would quench fire, yet the latter would not change their gods. Kimchi and Abendana relate it just the reverse, and say the Kedarenes worshipped fire, and the Chittim water, which is most likely; and so it is said elsewhere c.
But my people have changed their glory; the true God, who is glorious in himself, and whom they should have glorified, and have counted it their highest honour and glory that they knew him, and were the worshippers of him; yet they changed him, their glory, into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass, Psalms 106:20, wherefore it is justly added,
for that which doth not profit; meaning Baal, and such like idols; see the note on Jeremiah 2:8.
b T. Bab. Taanith, fol. 5. 2. c Yalkut Simeoni, par. 2. fol. 60. 3.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
A nation - A Gentile nation, in strong antithesis to people, the appellation of Israel.
Their glory - Though the worship of the one true God is a nation’s greatest glory, yet it is irksome because it puts a constraint on human passions.
That which doth not profit - Israel had exchanged the prosperity which was God’s reward of obedience for the calamities which resulted from idol-worship.
