11Hath a nation changed gods? (And they are no gods!) And My people hath changed its honour For that which doth not profit.


In Context

8 The priests have not said, 'Where is Jehovah?' And those handling the law have not known Me. And the shepherds transgressed against Me, And the prophets have prophesied by Baal, And after those who profit not have gone.

9 Therefore, yet I plead with you, An affirmation of Jehovah, And with your sons' sons I plead.

10 For, pass to the isles of Chittim, and see, And to Kedar send, and consider well, And see if there hath been like this:

11 Hath a nation changed gods? (And they are no gods!) And My people hath changed its honour For that which doth not profit.

12 Be astonished, ye heavens, at this, Yea, be frightened, be greatly wasted, An affirmation of Jehovah.

13 For two evils hath My people done, Me they have forsaken, a fountain of living waters, To hew out for themselves wells — broken wells, That contain not the waters.

Jeremiah 2:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:11Hath a nation changed [their] gods, which [are] yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for [that which] doth not profit.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:11Has a nation ever changed its gods? (Yet they are not gods at all.) But my people have exchanged their Glory for worthless idols.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:11If a nation hath changed their gods, and indeed they are not gods,: but my people have changed their glory into an idol.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:11Hath a nation changed its gods, which yet are no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:11Hath a nation changed its gods? and they are no gods; but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:11Hath a nation changed their gods, which yet are no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:11Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:11Has a nation changed [its] gods, which really are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:11Has a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.