Jeremiah 2:11

Jeremiah 2:11 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

11Has a nation ever changed its gods?

(Yet they are not gods at all.)

But my people have exchanged their glorious God

for worthless idols.

11“Has a nation changed gods,

When they were not gods?

But My people have exchanged their glory

For that which is of no benefit.

11Has a nation changed gods

When they were not gods?

But My people have changed their glory

For that which does not profit.

11“Has a nation [ever] changed gods

Even though they were not gods [but merely man-made objects]?

But My people have exchanged their Glory (the true God)

For that [man-made idol] which does not benefit [them].

11Has a nation ever changed its gods?

(Yet they are not gods at all.)

But My people have exchanged their Glory2:11 Or their glorious God

for useless idols.

11Has a nation ever changed its gods?

Actually, they are not even gods at all.

But my people have traded away their glorious God.

They have traded me for worthless statues of gods.