YHWH worship, on the other hand, held no such promises. YHWH does not operate like a vending machine nor does he follow a simplistic pattern yielding the exact outcome we want. Defeated exiles would be tempted to forsake the complexity of YHWH worship for the simplicity of hearing exactly what they wanted to hear. In difficult times or times of great challenge, the people of God are tempted to believe solutions that are easy to follow because they align with what they desire. Jeremiah 29:8-9 presents a warning to the exiles to not give in to the temptation of the easy but false answers
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