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Jeremiah 2:11

Has a nation changed gods? (And they [are] no gods!) And My people has changed its glory || For that which does not profit.

Literal Standard Version

In The 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.

In Context

10For pass to the islands of Chittim and see, || And send to Kedar and consider well, || And see if there has been [anything] like this:

12Be astonished, you heavens, at this, || Indeed, be frightened, be greatly desolated,” || A declaration of YHWH.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:21They have made Me jealous by [what is] not God, || They made Me angry by their vanities; And I make them jealous by [what is] not a people, || I make them angry by a foolish nation.

1 Kings 11:33because they have forsaken Me, and bow themselves to Ashtoreth, goddess of the Zidonians, to Chemosh god of Moab, and to Milcom god of the sons of Ammon, and have not walked in My ways, to do that which [is] right in My eyes, and My statutes and My judgments, like his father David.

Psalms 3:3And You, O YHWH, [are] a shield for me, || My glory, and lifter up of my head.

Psalms 115:4Their idols [are] silver and gold, work of man’s hands,

Jeremiah 2:5Thus said YHWH: “What perversity have your fathers found in Me, || That they have gone far off from Me, || And go after vanity, and become vain,

Jeremiah 5:7“I am not propitious to you for this, || Your sons have forsaken Me, || And are satisfied by [those who are] not gods, || I satisfy them, and they commit adultery, || And at the house of a harlot || They gather themselves together.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 2:10-14

Expostulations with Israel. ( b. c. 629.) 9 Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the Lord , and with your children's children will I plead. 10 For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing. 11 Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit. 12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord . 13 For my… Read the whole commentary →

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