Jeremiah 2:11
if the nations will change their gods, though they are not gods: but my people have changed their glory, for that from which they shall not be profited.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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In Context
12The heaven is amazed at this, and is very exceedingly horror-struck, saith the Lord.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:21They have provoked me to jealousy with that which is not God, 1 They have exasperated me with their idols; 1 And I will provoke them to jealousy with them that are no nation, 1 I will anger them with a nation void of understanding. 1
1 Kings 11:33Because he forsook me, and sacrificed to Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and to Chemosh, and to the idols of Moab, and to their king the abomination of the children of Ammon, and he walked not in my ways, to do that which was right before me, as David his father did.
Psalms 3:3Many say concerning my soul, 1 There is no deliverance for him in his God. Pause. 1
Psalms 115:4I will take the cup of salvation, 1 And call upon the name of the Lord. 1
Jeremiah 2:5Thus saith the Lord, What trespass have your fathers found in me, that they have revolted far from me, and gone after vanities, and become vain?
Jeremiah 5:7In what way shall I forgive thee for these things? Thy sons have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: and I fed them to the full, and they committed adultery, and lodged in harlots’ houses.
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 →