Jeremiah 2:11 “Has a nation ever changed its gods? (Yet they are not gods at all.) Bu…”

Jeremiah 2:11

Has a nation ever changed its gods? (Yet they are not gods at all.) But My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Has a nation changed its gods, which really are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which doesn’t profit.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Hath any nation changed their gods, which yet are no gods? but my people haue chaged their glorie, for that which doeth not profite.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

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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Cross references

“a nation”

Micah 4:5 Jeremiah 2:5 1 Peter 1:18

Micah 4:5 · BSB

Though all the nations may walk in the name of their gods, yet we will walk in the name of the LORD our God forever and ever.

Jeremiah 2:5 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me? They followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves.

1 Peter 1:18 · BSB

For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,

“no gods”

Isaiah 37:19 Jeremiah 16:20 Psalm 115:4 1 Corinthians 8:4

Isaiah 37:19 · BSB

They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.

Jeremiah 16:20 · BSB

Can man make gods for himself? Such are not gods!”

Psalm 115:4 · BSB

Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.

1 Corinthians 8:4 · BSB

So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one.

“changed their glory”

Romans 1:23 Psalm 106:20 Jeremiah 2:8 Deuteronomy 33:29 Psalm 3:3

Romans 1:23 · BSB

and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.

Psalm 106:20 · BSB

They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.

Jeremiah 2:8 · BSB

The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD?’ The experts in the law no longer knew Me, and the leaders rebelled against Me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and followed useless idols.

Deuteronomy 33:29 · BSB

Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is the shield that protects you, the sword in which you boast. Your enemies will cower before you, and you shall trample their high places.”

Psalm 3:3 · BSB

But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

10Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus and take a look; send to Kedar and consider carefully; see if there has ever been anything like this:

12Be stunned by this, O heavens; be shocked and utterly appalled,” declares the LORD.

Read Jeremiah 2