Post details: Jeremiah 2: illicit sex with the gods
Jeremiah 2: illicit sex with the gods
I, Jeremiah, still
love G-d, they don't
why? whatever has he not done for them?
the priest, the judge, the prophet
shepherds lead yhwh's people astray
substitute one god for another
wood or stone, gods?
yet these attract
many are seduced
by what?
just compare
yhwh provides from his fount
living water (J4)
they reject, digging instead cisterns
these leak
G-d
how can they not see?
do they not hear?
it is the draw of the prostitute
but worse--not hidden, not at night
rather in the open on every hill, in every valley
passions unleashed
adultery inevitable
Baal your god
Yet you say
we are innocent
we serve yhwh
who retorts
I burn with jealousy
I tolerate no competitors
to worship me requires that
you worship no other
options do not exist
you are helpless
none can save you
other than me
I will wait...
