Jeremiah 2:11 - Exposition

Hath a nation changed their gods ? Has any heathen nation ever changed its idol-god for another? The prophet clearly implies a negative answer; and yet it must be admitted that the adoption of a new religion, under the pressure of conquest or a higher foreign civilization is not an unknown phenomenon in the ancient world. Glory; i . e . source of all outward prosperity (comp. Psalms 3:3 ," my Glory, and the Lifter up Of my head"). Religion was, in fact, the root of national life in antiquity; contrast our own division between the sacred and the secular Jehovah elsewhere receives the title "the Pride of Israel"—Authorized Version, rather weakly, "the Excellency of Israel"—( Amos 8:7 ; Hosea 5:5 . Comp. the parallel passages, Psalms 106:20 ; Romans 1:23 ).