“And against your children’s children I will bring charges.
Send to1 Kedar and consider diligently,
And see if there has been such a athing.
Which are bnot gods?
cBut My people have changed their Glory
For what does not profit.
They have forsaken Me, the afountain of living waters,
And hewn themselves cisterns—broken cisterns that can hold no water.
They made his land waste;
His cities are burned, without inhabitant.
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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.
Amplified® Bible
Has a nation [ever] changed its gods, even though they are not gods? But My people have changed their Glory [God] for that which does not profit.
Contemporary English Version
You will find that no nation has ever abandoned its gods even though they were false. I am the true and glorious God, but you have rejected me to worship idols.
Darby English Version
Hath a nation changed [its] gods? and they are no gods; -- but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
Good News Bible
No other nation has ever changed its gods, even though they were not real. But my people have exchanged me, the God who has brought them honor, for gods that can do nothing for them.
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.
New American Standard Bible
"Has a nation changed gods When they were not gods? But My people have changed their glory For that which does not profit.
New International Version
Has a nation ever changed its gods?
(Yet they are not gods at all.)
But my people have exchanged their Glory
for worthless idols.
New King James Version
Has a nation changed its gods,
Which are not gods?
But My people have changed their Glory
For what does not profit.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Has a nation changed gods When they did not even prove gods? But My people have changed their glory For that which does not profit.
Revised Standard Version
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.
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.
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