And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.
And I will pronounce my judgments against them because of all their evil acts, since they have abandoned me, burned incense to other gods, and worshipped things they made with their own hands.
God is declaring that He will judge His people because they turned away from Him to worship false gods and idols they created themselves.
📚 Historical Context
This verse comes from Jeremiah's calling as a prophet around 627 BC, during a time when the kingdom of Judah was spiritually corrupt and politically unstable. The people had turned to worshipping foreign gods like Baal and Asherah, often burning incense at high places and bowing down to wooden and metal idols they had crafted. God was preparing to bring judgment through the Babylonian invasion because of their persistent unfaithfulness to the covenant.
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