Jeremiah 2:9-11 - Has a nation ever changed its gods?

2:9

“Therefore I bring charges ...” God brings charges against Israel, and He says He will do this for their children’s children. Israel is guilty and will have to deal with God the judge. And so will later generations. Why this last bit? It could be that God knew there would be many generations in Israel who would continue to rebel against God, or maybe it is an allusion to Ex 19:5,6.

2:10,11

God tells His people to look at other nations. They all worshipped idols, idols which were nothing at all and utterly useless, yet the people’s stuck to one god, to one idol (or set of idols). They were faithful to their idols, yet Israel and Judah were not faithful to their God. And their God was the one true God who acted on their behalf. They had exchanged their glorious God for worthless idols. Sadly we all too often do that. We can see it in the sin-affirming parts of the church, exchanging God’s wisdom for the foolish and harmful wisdom of the world. But we can all do this whenever we seek security in something other than God.