Jeremiah 2:11 - Forerunner Commentary

Jeremiah 2:11

9 “Therefore ^aI will yet bring charges against you,” says the Lord,
“And against your children’s children I will bring charges.

10 For pass beyond the coasts of¹ Cyprus and see,
Send to¹ Kedar and consider diligently,
And see if there has been such a ^athing.

11 ^aHas a nation changed its gods,
Which are ^bnot gods?
^cBut My people have changed their Glory
For what does not profit.

12 Be astonished, O heavens, at this,
And be horribly afraid;
Be very desolate,” says the Lord.

13 “For My people have committed two evils:
They have forsaken Me, the ^afountain of living waters,
And hewn themselves cisterns—broken cisterns that can hold no water.

14 “Is Israel ^aa servant?
Is he a homeborn slave?
Why is he plundered?

15 ^aThe young lions roared at him, and growled;
They made his land waste;
His cities are burned, without inhabitant.

16 Also the people of¹ Noph and ^aTahpanhes
Have¹ broken the crown of your head.

17 ^aHave you not brought this on yourself,
In that you have forsaken the Lord your God
When ^bHe led you in the way?

18 And now why take ^athe road to Egypt,
To drink the waters of¹ ^bSihor?
Or why take the road to ^cAssyria,
To drink the waters of the River?

19 Your own wickedness will ^acorrect you,
And your backslidings will rebuke you.
Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing
That you have forsaken the Lord your God,
And the¹ fear of Me is not in you,”
Says the Lord God of hosts.

20 “For of old I have ^abroken your yoke and burst your bonds;
And ^byou said, ‘I will not transgress,’
When ^con every high hill and under every green tree
You lay down, ^dplaying the harlot.

21 Yet I had ^aplanted you a noble vine, a seed of highest quality.
How then have you turned before Me
Into ^bthe degenerate plant of an alien vine?

Verse Comparison: Jeremiah 2:11

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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.

New English Translation
Has a nation ever changed its gods (even though they are not really gods at all)? But my people have exchanged me, their glorious God,¹ for a god that cannot help them at all!²

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