TSK · Jeremiah 2:11

They have made me jealous with false gods, enraging me with their worthless gods; so I will make them jealous with a people they do not recognize, with a nation slow to learn I will enrage them.

I am taking the kingdom from him because they have abandoned me and worshiped the Sidonian goddess Astarte, the Moabite god Chemosh, and the Ammonite god Milcom. They have not followed my instructions by doing what I approve and obeying my rules and regulations, like Solomon’s father David did.

But you, LORD, are a shield that protects me; you are my glory and the one who restores me.

Their idols are made of silver and gold– they are man-made.

This is what the Lord says:“What fault could your ancestors have possibly found in me that they strayed so far from me? They paid allegiance to worthless idols, and so became worthless to me.

The LORD asked,“How can I leave you unpunished, Jerusalem? Your people have rejected me and have worshiped gods that are not gods at all. Even though I supplied all their needs, they were like an unfaithful wife to me. They went flocking to the houses of prostitutes.

I will do this in order to capture the hearts of the house of Israel, who have alienated themselves from me on account of all their idols.’

and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for an image resembling mortal human beings or birds or four-footed animals or reptiles.

You know that from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors you were ransomed– not by perishable things like silver or gold,