Jeremiah Chapter 2 verse 11 Holy Bible

ASV Jeremiah 2:11

Hath a nation changed `its' gods, which yet are no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
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BBE Jeremiah 2:11

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.
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DARBY Jeremiah 2:11

Hath a nation changed [its] gods? and they are no gods; -- but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
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KJV Jeremiah 2:11

Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
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WBT Jeremiah 2:11


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WEB Jeremiah 2:11

Has a nation changed [its] gods, which yet are no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.
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YLT Jeremiah 2:11

Hath a nation changed gods? (And they `are' no gods!) And My people hath changed its honour For that which doth not profit.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 11. - Hath a nation changed their gods? Has any heathen nation ever changed its idol-god for another? The prophet clearly implies a negative answer; and yet it must be admitted that the adoption of a new religion, under the pressure of conquest or a higher foreign civilization is not an unknown phenomenon in the ancient world. Glory; i.e. source of all outward prosperity (comp. Psalm 3:3," my Glory, and the Lifter up Of my head"). Religion was, in fact, the root of national life in antiquity; contrast our own division between the sacred and the secular Jehovah elsewhere receives the title "the Pride of Israel" -Authorized Version, rather weakly, "the Excellency of Israel" -(Amos 8:7; Hosea 5:5. Comp. the parallel passages, Psalm 106:20; Romans 1:23).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(11) Hath a nation . . .--Emphatically a heathen "nation," as contrasted with the "people" of Jehovah. They were faithful to their false gods; Israel was unfaithful to the true. The words "changed their glory" find an echo in Romans 1:23, though here they express the thought that the worship of Jehovah was the true glory of Israel as a people, and that they had wilfully abandoned it.