In Jeremiah 2-4 the chief complaint against Israel and Judah is idolatry. The Lord has been God to the people, priests, and rulers of both nations, but seemingly unsatisfied, they worship not the invisible Holy One, but the many deities represented in wood, stone, and metals. Faithlessness as widespread as Jeremiah describes means there is an idol in every valley and a rite on every mountain top. The temple in Jerusalem is not honored, for each village has constructed its own god and every city its favored priest.
How many self-constructed "gods" must be torn down before the Holy One can be seen and worshiped?
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