Jeremiah 2:11

11 Has a nation ever changed its gods? (Yet they are not gods at all.) But my people have exchanged their glorious God for worthless idols.

Jeremiah 2:11 in Other Translations

KJV
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.
ESV
11 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.
NLT
11 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!
MSG
11 That a nation has traded in its gods for gods that aren't even close to gods? But my people have traded my Glory for empty god-dreams and silly god-schemes.
CSB
11 Has a nation [ever] exchanged its gods? (but they were not gods!) Yet My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.

Jeremiah 2:11 In-Context

9 “Therefore I bring charges against you again,” declares the LORD. “And I will bring charges against your children’s children.
10 Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus and look, send to Kedar and observe closely; see if there has ever been anything like this:
11 Has a nation ever changed its gods? (Yet they are not gods at all.) But my people have exchanged their glorious God for worthless idols.
12 Be appalled at this, you heavens, and shudder with great horror,” declares the LORD.
13 “My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water.

Cross References 2

  • 1. S Isaiah 37:19; Jeremiah 16:20; Galatians 4:8
  • 2. S 1 Samuel 4:21; Psalms 106:20; Romans 1:23
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