Jeremiah 2:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Jeremiah 2:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A nation - A Gentile nation, in strong antithesis to people, the appellation of Israel. Their glory - Though the worship of the one true God is a nation’s greatest glory, yet it is irksome be...
Jeremiah 2:11 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Hath a nation changed [their] gods, which [are] yet no gods? but my people have changed their (q) glory for [that which] doth not (r) profit. (q) That is, God who is their glory, and who makes them...
Jeremiah 2:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Yahweh's Reproaches. Yahweh asks why His redeeming acts are forgotten and His (true) worship abandoned; other nations do not abandon their gods, though these are worthless, but Yahweh's people have...
Jeremiah 2:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

their glory . His glory. This is one of the emendations of the Sopherim (App-33), by which the Hebrew kebodi ("My glory") was changed to kebodo ("His glory"), out of. mistaken idea of reverenc...
Jeremiah 2:11 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Hence he says, Yea, pass over unto the islands; and then he adds, see whether there is a thing like this; that is, such a monstrous and execrable thing can nowhere be found. An explanatio...
Jeremiah 2:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
Jeremiah 2:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Hath a nation changed their gods?— That is, according to Bishop Warburton's interpretation, "Have any of the nations brought the God of Israel into the number of their false gods, as the Israelites...
Jeremiah 2:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit. Glory - Yahweh, the glory of Israel ( Psalms 106:20 ; Romans 1...
Jeremiah 2:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah's Second Prophecy (2:1-3:5) The prophet expostulates with Israel because of their unfaithfulness to Jehovah. 1-13. Under the figure of the marriage relation Jehovah reminds the people...
Jeremiah 2:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Hath a nation... — Emphatically a heathen “nation,” as contrasted with the “people” of Jehovah. They were faithful to their false gods; Israel was unfaithful to the true. The words “changed their g...
Jeremiah 2:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER II THE TRUST IN THE SHADOW OF EGYPT Jeremiah 2:1-37 ; Jeremiah 3:1-5 THE first of the prophet's public addresses is, in fact, a sermon which proceeds from an exposure of national sin...
Jeremiah 2:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The first movement in commissioning the called man now commences. He was commanded to utter a great impeachment in the ears of Jerusalem. This impeachment was threefold. It first declared how Israel...
Jeremiah 2:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Observe Reader! the Lord is still pleading. It is the day of grace, not the hour of judgment. And of all the sottish sins of Israel surely, this exceeded the whole, that after knowing the one, true,...
Jeremiah 2:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods ?.... Though they are not by nature gods which they worship, only nominal and fictitious deities, yet they did not change them for others; but...
Jeremiah 2:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Hath a nation changed [their] gods, which [are] yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for [that which] doth not profit. Ver. 11. Hath a nation changed their gods? ] No; they are too...
Jeremiah 2:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For pass over the isles of Chittim The neighbouring isles and peninsulas, which lay west of Judea, meaning especially the countries of Greece and Macedonia, and the islands and continents of Europe...
Jeremiah 2:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Expostulations with Israel. B. C. 629. 9 Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith th...
Jeremiah 2:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Hath a nation changed their gods? q.d. No, they are unmovable and fixed to their idols, although they are false gods; what they receive from their fathers they tenaciously hold. Their glory, viz....
Jeremiah 2:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

YHWH Expresses His Astonishment At The Incredible Way In Which They Have Behaved ( Jeremiah 2:9-13 ). YHWH expresses His astonishment at the behaviour of His people, and calls on the heavens to wi...
Jeremiah 2:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES .— 1. Chronology. Most probably in thirteenth Josiah, quickly after his call. Dr. Dahler (Stratsbourg) would interpose Chapter s 4, 5, 6; deferring this chapter till a...
Jeremiah 2:11 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 2:1-3 . Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine es...
Jeremiah 2:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 2:2 . I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth. God now addressed them, that he might do the same to the children as he had done to the fathers, and rejoice over them as the bridegroom...
Jeremiah 2:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? Christian controversy The text may be put into other words, thus: “Go over to the islands of the Chittim, the isles and coast lands of t...
Jeremiah 2:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION The second chapter forms the introduction of a group of discourses (Jeremiah 2-6), which should be read together. It is called By Ewald (and the position of the prophecy favors this v...
Jeremiah 2:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Israel's Lack of Faithfulness
Jeremiah 2:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 8:4 ; 1 Peter 1:18 ; Deuteronomy 33:29 ; Isaiah 37:19 ; Jeremiah 16:20 ; Jeremiah 2:5 ; Jeremiah 2:8 ; Micah 4:5 ; Psalms 106:20 ; Psalms 115:4 ; Psalms 3:3 ; Romans 1:23
Jeremiah 2:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Their glory — The true God, who was their glory; and who always did them good, giving them cause to glory in him.

Jeremiah 2:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 2:11 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 2:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 2:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 2:11 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 2:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 2:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 2:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 2:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 2:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 2:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 2:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 2:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 2:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 2:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 2:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 2:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 2:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 2:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 2:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 2:11 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 2:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 2:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jeremiah 2:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 2:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 2:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 2:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes