Judah has betrayed her Lord. She may once have thrown out the idols she worshipped but now they’re all back with more besides. Does she imagine the Lord won’t notice?
Betrayed
Broken conversations
God is speaking to Judah through Jeremiah, but Judah isn’t listening. He has spoken of how their corpses will be exposed due to the shame of the child sacrifices they’ve been offering. They now turn that into an opportunity to worship the stars.
In the fire
God is going to send Judah into exile under a foreign empire. Why would he cause such suffering? It’s because the people will not listen to him and that is exemplified in their sacrifices.
Stop praying
Jeremiah has been poetically announcing the coming invasion of Judah and the resulting fall of Jerusalem, at the hands of a terrible army from the north. Why is this happening? Because, like the human race as a whole, the city has become contaminated by sins like lying.
Have no idols
Through this short story, Jonah has shown himself unwilling to accept God on His own terms.