Jeremiah 2:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Hath a nation changed [its] gods, which yet are no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַהֵימִ֥יר גּוֹי֙ אֱלֹהִ֔ים וְהֵ֖מָּה לֹ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים וְעַמִּ֛י הֵמִ֥יר כְּבוֹד֖וֹ בְּל֥וֹא יוֹעִֽיל׃

Transliteration

Ha-hêmîr gôy ʾĕlōhîm wə-hēmmāh lōʾ ʾĕlōhîm wə-ʿammî hēmîr kəbôdô bəlôʾ yôʿîl

Grammar Details

*Ha-hêmîr*: interrogative particle + hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - has exchanged
*gôy*: noun, masculine singular - nation
*ʾĕlōhîm*: noun, masculine plural - gods
*wə-hēmmāh*: conjunction + pronoun, 3rd masculine plural - and they
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*wə-ʿammî*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular + 1st singular suffix - and my people
*hēmîr*: hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - has exchanged
*kəbôdô*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his glory/honor
*bəlôʾ*: preposition + negative particle - for no
*yôʿîl*: hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - profit

Word Meanings

*hêmîr*: exchanged/substituted/changed
*gôy*: nation/people/gentiles
*ʾĕlōhîm*: gods/God/divine beings
*kəbôdô*: his glory/his honor/his majestic presence
*yôʿîl*: profit/benefit/help/avail

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Isa 37:19 : 19 and have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them.
Jer 16:20 : 20 Shall a man make unto himself gods, which yet are no gods?
Ps 106:20 : 20 Thus they changed their glory For the likeness of an ox that eateth grass.
Rom 1:23 : 23 and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.
Mic 4:5 : 5 For all the peoples walk every one in the name of his god; and we will walk in the name of Jehovah our God for ever and ever.
Jer 2:5 : 5 thus saith Jehovah, What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
Jer 2:8 : 8 The priests said not, Where is Jehovah? and they that handle the law knew me not: the rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
Ps 115:4 : 4 Their idols are silver and gold, The work of men's hands.
Deut 33:29 : 29 Happy art thou, O Israel: Who is like unto thee, a people saved by Jehovah, The shield of thy help, And the sword of thy excellency! And thine enemies shall submit themselves unto thee; And thou shalt tread upon their high places.
Ps 3:3 : 3 But thou, O Jehovah, art a shield about me; My glory and the lifter up of my head.
1 Cor 8:4 : 4 Concerning therefore the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is [anything] in the world, and that there is no {G2087} God but {G3361} one.
1 Pet 1:18 : 18 knowing that ye were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers;

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