Has a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.
Has a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.
Hath a nation changed its gods, which yet are no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
Has any nation ever made a change in their gods, though they are no gods? but my people have given up their glory in exchange for what is of no profit.
Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
Has a nation changed [its] gods, which really are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.
Hath a nation changed their gods, which yet are no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
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 because it puts a constraint on human passions.
That which doth not profit - Israel had exchanged the prosperity which was God's reward of obedience for the calamities which resulted from idol-worship.
2:11 Their glory - The true God, who was their glory; and who always did them good, giving them cause to glory in him.