Jeremiah 2:11 Parallel Translations

Has any nation ever exchanged gods? (Their gods aren't really gods.) Yet, my people have exchanged their Glory for something that doesn't help them.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

Hath a nation changed its gods, which yet are no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.

BBE:

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.

DBY:

Hath a nation changed its gods? and they are no gods; but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.

ERV:

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

JPS:

Hath a nation changed its gods, which yet are no gods? But My people hath changed its glory for that which doth not profit.

WBS:

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

WEB:

Has a nation changed its gods, which yet are no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.

YLT:

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

Jeremiah 2:11 Cross References

XREF:

Psalm 106:20 Thus they exchanged their glory For the image of an ox that eats grass.

Isaiah 37:19 and have cast their gods into the fire, for they were not gods but the work of men's hands, wood and stone. So they have destroyed them.

Jeremiah 5:7 "Why should I pardon you? Your sons have forsaken Me And sworn by those who are not gods. When I had fed them to the full, They committed adultery And trooped to the harlot's house.

Jeremiah 16:20 Can man make gods for himself? Yet they are not gods!

Romans 1:23 and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

2:11 Hath a nation changed [their] gods, which [are] yet no gods? but my people have changed their {q} glory for [that which] doth not {r} profit.
(q) That is, God who is their glory, and who makes them glorious above all other people, reproving the Jews that they were less diligent to serve the true God, than were the idolaters to honour their vanities.
(r) Meaning the idols who were their destruction, Ps 106:36.

WES:

2:11 Their glory - The true God, who was their glory; and who always did them good, giving them cause to glory in him.

MHC:

2:9-13 Before God punishes sinners, he pleads with them, to bring them to repentance. He pleads with us, what we should plead with ourselves. Be afraid to think of the wrath and curse which will be the portion of those who throw themselves out of God's grace and favour. Grace in Christ is compared to water from a fountain, it being cooling and refreshing, cleansing and making fruitful: to living water, because it quickens dead sinners, revives drooping saints, supports and maintains spiritual life, and issues in eternal life, and is ever-flowing. To forsake this Fountain is the first evil; this is done when the people of God neglect his word and ordinances. They hewed them out broken cisterns, that could hold no water. Such are the world, and the things in it; such are the inventions of men when followed and depended on. Let us, with purpose of heart, cleave to the Lord only; whither else shall we go? How prone are we to forego the consolations of the Holy Spirit, for the worthless joys of the enthusiast and hypocrite!

CONC:

Change Changed Exchange Exchanged Glory Gods Honour Idols Nation Profit Though Worthless Yet

Change Changed Exchange Exchanged Glory Gods Honour Idols Nation Profit Worthless

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