King James Version
Jeremiah 2:11 in the King James Version says “Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not ...” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.”
Jeremiah 2:11 · KJV
Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead.
For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing. over: or, over to
Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.
For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Hath a nation”
H1471a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
“their gods”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“their gods”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“but my people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“their glory”
H3519properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
properly, failure, i.e., nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc
“for that which doth not profit”
H3276properly, to ascend; figuratively, to be valuable (objectively; useful, subjectively; benefited)
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