Verse 11
Jeremiah 2:11
New King James Version
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.
Original Language Text
hebrew
הַ/הֵימִ֥יר גּוֹי֙ אֱלֹהִ֔ים וְ/הֵ֖מָּה לֹ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים וְ/עַמִּ֛/י הֵמִ֥יר כְּבוֹד֖/וֹ בְּ/ל֥וֹא יוֹעִֽיל
English Translation
The nations exchanged their God, and they are not gods; and my people exchanged their glory for what does not benefit.
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Chapter 2 Context
1
Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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2
Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of t...
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3
Israel
was holiness unto the LORD,
and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall of...
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4
Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:
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5
Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, an...
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6
Neither said they, Where
is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us throug...
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7
And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but w...
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8
The priests said not, Where
is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also...
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9
Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children’s children will I plead.
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10
For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see i...
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11
Hath a nation changed
their gods, which
are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for...
12
Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.
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13
For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters,
and hew...
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14
Is Israel a servant?
is he a homeborn
slave?
why is he spoiled?
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15
The young lions roared upon him,
and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned wit...
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16
Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.
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17
Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God (Elohim), when...
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18
And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to...
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19
Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and...
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20
For of old time I have broken thy yoke,
and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress;...
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21
Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenera...
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22
For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much sope,
yet thine iniquity is marked before m...
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23
How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know...
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24
A wild ass used to the wilderness,
that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who ca...
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25
Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope:...
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26
As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, thei...
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27
Saying to a stock, Thou
art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have tur...
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28
But where
are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time o...
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29
Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD.
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30
In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your...
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31
O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness?...
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32
Can a maid forget her ornaments,
or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without...
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33
Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways.
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34
Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by sec...
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35
Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead wi...
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36
Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast...
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37
Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head: for the LORD hath rejected thy c...
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