Jeremiah 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 

De 33:29; Ps 3:3; Ps 106:20; Ps 115:4; Isa 37:19; Jer 2:5; Jer 2:8; Jer 16:20; Mic 4:5; Ro 1:23; 1Co 8:4; 1Pe 1:18

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 Lord, the God of Israel.

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.