GOD's chosen people had chosen themselves another god to worship.... whether out of compliance or disdain....they had broken HIS commandment... Thou Shalt Have No Other gods before me. Literally days after their rescue in exile, they have fallen for the god of the Amorites! Short attention span, huh?
Today?...well there are many so-called gods in Christian hearts....wealth, stature, power, sex, drugs, and the list continues ad nauseum. Yet we seem to be able to over look that, and worship a watered down version of the gospel....whatever works for you attitude! HIS grace & love are new every morning....I rely on that!