Jeremiah 2:11
9 Therefore, I will contend with you again, declares the LORD, and I will bring a case against your children’s children.
10 Cross 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:
Has a nation ever changed its gods, though they are no gods at all? Yet My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.
12 Be stunned by this, O heavens; be shocked and utterly appalled,” declares the LORD.
13 “For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns— broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Has a nation ever changed its gods, though they are no gods at all? Yet My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.
- 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.
- WEB
- Has a nation changed its gods, which really are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which doesn’t 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.
- DARBY
- Hath a nation changed [its] gods? and they are no gods; but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
- BLB
- Has a nation changed [its] gods, (and they [are] not gods)? And My people have changed their Glory for [what] does not profit.
- ÅB
- Har vel et hedningefolk byttet bort sine guder, enda de ikke er guder? Men mitt folk har byttet bort sin ære mot det som ikke kan hjelpe[^3].
- OTB
- Har et folk noen gang byttet sine guder, selv om de ikke er guder i det hele tatt? Men mitt folk har byttet sin herlige Gud for det som er verdiløst.
- B1930
- Har vel et hedningefolk byttet bort sine guder, enda de ikke er guder? Men mitt folk har byttet bort sin ære mot det som ikke kan hjelpe. / < JER 2, 8. SLM 106, 20.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 1:23
and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.
Read in contextIsaiah 37:19
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.
Read in contextPsalms 106:20
They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.
Read in contextJeremiah 16:20
Can man make gods for himself? Such are not gods!”
Read in contextMicah 4:5
Though each of the peoples may walk in the name of his god, yet we will walk in the name of the LORD our God forever and ever.
Read in contextPsalms 115:4
Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
Read in context1 Corinthians 8:4
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.
Read in contextJeremiah 2:8
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.
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