Jeremiah 2:11

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet 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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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 gods unto himself, and they are no gods?
Ps 106:20 : 20 Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
Rom 1:23 : 23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
Mic 4:5 : 5 For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and ever.
Jer 2:5 : 5 Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity 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 the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors 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, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
Ps 3:3 : 3 But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
1 Cor 8:4 : 4 As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.
1 Pet 1:18 : 18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;

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