NET Bible
"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, for a god that cannot help them at all!"
— Jeremiah 2:11, NET Bible
“Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.”
“Hath a nation changed its gods, which yet are no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit. ”
“Has a nation changed [its] gods, which really are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.”
“If a nation hath changed their gods, and indeed they are not gods: but my people have changed their glory into an idol.”
“Has any nation ever made a change in their gods, though they are no gods? but my people have given up their glory in exchange for what is of no profit.”
“Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.”
Your priests did not ask,‘Where is the LORD?’ Those responsible for teaching my law did not really know me. Your rulers rebelled against me. Your prophets prophesied in the name of the god Baal. They all worshiped idols that could not help them.
The Lord Charges Contemporary Israel with Spiritual Adultery“So, once more I will state my case against you,” says the LORD.“I will also state it against your children and grandchildren.
Go west across the sea to the coasts of Cyprus and see. Send someone east to Kedar and have them look carefully. See if such a thing as this has ever happened:
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, for a god that cannot help them at all!
Be amazed at this, O heavens! Be shocked and utterly dumbfounded,” says the LORD.
“Do so because my people have committed a double wrong: they have rejected me, the fountain of life-giving water, and they have dug cisterns for themselves, cracked cisterns which cannot even hold water.”
Israel’s Reliance on Foreign Alliances(not on God)“Israel is not a slave, is he? He was not born into slavery, was he? If not, why then is he being carried off?