2:11 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, 1
for a god that cannot help them at all! 2
2:26 Just as a thief has to suffer dishonor when he is caught,
so the people of Israel 3 will suffer dishonor for what they have done. 4
So will their kings and officials,
their priests and their prophets.
1 tn Heb “have exchanged their glory [i.e., the God in whom they glory].” This is a case of a figure of speech where the attribute of a person or thing is put for the person or thing. Compare the common phrase in Isaiah, the Holy One of Israel, obviously referring to the
2 tn Heb “what cannot profit.” The verb is singular and the allusion is likely to Baal. See the translator’s note on 2:8 for the likely pun or wordplay.
3 tn Heb “house of Israel.”
4 tn The words “for what they have done” are implicit in the comparison and are supplied in the translation for clarification.