Jeremiah 2:11
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Berean Study Bible
Has a nation ever changed its gods, though they are no gods at all? Yet My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.

Young's Literal Translation
Hath a nation changed gods? (And they [are] no gods!) And My people hath changed its honour For that which doth not profit.

King James 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.

Hebrew
Has a nation
גּוֹי֙ (gō·w)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

ever changed
הַהֵימִ֥יר (ha·hê·mîr)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4171: To alter, to barter, to dispose of

its gods?
אֱלֹהִ֔ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

(though they
וְהֵ֖מָּה (wə·hêm·māh)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They

were no
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

gods [at all]!)
אֱלֹהִ֑ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

Yet My people
וְעַמִּ֛י (wə·‘am·mî)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

have exchanged
הֵמִ֥יר (hê·mîr)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4171: To alter, to barter, to dispose of

their Glory
כְּבוֹד֖וֹ (kə·ḇō·w·ḏōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3519: Weight, splendor, copiousness

for idols
יוֹעִֽיל׃ (yō·w·‘îl)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3276: To confer or gain profit or benefit

[that are] useless.
בְּל֥וֹא (bə·lō·w)
Preposition-b | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 1094: Worn-out things, rags

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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