Jeremiah 2:11
Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
Cross-reference
Jeremiah 2:8 describes the leaders' idolatry that led to exchanging God's glory — providing the immediate context for the indictment.
In Jeremiah 2:5, the same complaint: Israel walked after vanity and became vain — directly parallel to exchanging glory for worthless idols.
Jeremiah 2:13 immediately expands the exchange: forsaking the fountain of living waters for broken cisterns—the same sin in vivid metaphor.
Jeremiah 2:32 continues the theme: Israel forgets God days without number, just as they exchanged their glory for worthless things.
In Jeremiah 16:20, the same rhetorical question: 'Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?' — identical idea.
In Jeremiah 5:7, children swear by 'no gods'—directly referring to the same idolatry and forsaking of God condemned here.
1 Corinthians 8:4 echoes the same truth that idols are nothing — reinforcing Jeremiah's point that other nations' gods are 'no gods'.
Romans 1:23 describes humanity exchanging God's glory for created images — the same idolatrous pattern Jeremiah condemns.
Isaiah 37:19 states Assyrian gods were 'no gods' but wood and stone — same phrase and theme as here about changing for worthless idols.
Psalm 106:20 recounts Israel exchanging God's glory for an idol — a direct historical parallel to Jeremiah's accusation.
Psalm 3:3 calls the LORD 'my glory' — the very glory Jeremiah laments Israel exchanged for worthless things.
Deuteronomy 33:29 celebrates Israel as blessed by the LORD their glory — contrasting sharply with their later exchange of that glory for idols.
Isaiah 44:9 directly states that idol-makers delight in what does not profit—the same phrase and critique as in this verse.
In 2 Kings 22:17, the same forsaking of God for other gods is cited as the cause of God's wrath during Josiah's reign.
Ezekiel 5:7 also condemns Israel for being worse than the surrounding nations, echoing Jeremiah's contrast of their faithlessness.
Deuteronomy 31:16 predicted Israel would forsake God for foreign gods — Jeremiah 2:11 shows that prophecy fulfilled.
Luke 2:32 presents Christ as the true glory of Israel, a direct contrast to the worthless exchange described in Jeremiah.
In 2 Chronicles 13:9, Jeroboam's setting up false priests for 'what are not gods' parallels Israel exchanging their true God for worthless idols.
Ezekiel 14:5 speaks of Israel's estrangement through idols, mirroring the exchange of glory in Jeremiah.
In Micah 4:5, the ideal is that Israel walks in the LORD's name — contrasting their actual exchange of glory here for worthless idols.
Psalm 115:4 describes idols as silver and gold, work of men's hands — reinforcing the worthlessness of the idols Israel turned to.
1 Samuel 4:21 mourns 'the glory has departed' — a physical loss that mirrors the spiritual loss Jeremiah describes.
In Psalm 4:2, the psalmist laments that people turn his honor into shame, mirroring Israel exchanging their glory for what does not profit.