A Strong Addiction

Denial

  • 2:23 “I am not defiled” - unable to admit their addiction.
  • 2:25 “I must go after them” - Baal worship was porn, a strong addiction.
  • 2:27 “tree, you are my father” - the tree was the Asherah pole, the “female” deity surrounded by eunuchs. “stone, you gave me birth” - the stone was the phallic pillar representing the “male” deity. Like today, and like all Satanic lies, they had it completely backward. “Turned your back” - because they were facing away from God, not toward Him. “rise up and save us!” - there are no atheists in foxholes.
  • 2:28 “numerous as your cities” - as we saw in Daniel, pagan culture had city gods. Judah has become pagan.
  • 2:29 Why are you complaining? You have all rebelled against Me.
  • 2:30 “your own sword has devoured your prophets” - hearing the truth is mental anguish to the insane.

The Mind Virus

  • 2:31 “have I been a wilderness” - God was not hiding from Israel, they were turning their backs on Him. Genesis 3:8
  • 2:32 “forgotten Me” - the nation that forgets God will go to Hell. Psalm 9:17
  • 2:33 “the most immoral of women could learn from your ways” - not only were they committing these abominations themselves, but spreading their wickedness to others.
  • 2:34 “innocent poor” - the slaughter did not end with innocent babies, but continued with innocent poor following the example of Jezebel and Naboth. II Kings 24:3-4 “not caught breaking in” Exodus 22:2 Psalm 106 implies that slaughtering their own sons and daughters leads to the slaughter of the weak and vunerable in general.
  • 2:35 “I have not sinned” - still trying to justify their wickedness. God has made provision for sin in Christ, we need only admit our sin.
  • 2:36 “how unstable” - cognitive dissonance results in unstable behaviour.