WHAT DOES THIS EPISODE TELL US ABOUT GOD’S people? What does it tell us about God himself and how he deals with people? The description of the apostasy is the most detailed yet in the book. Seven foreign deities or sets of deities are detailed to emphasize how completely the Israelites have departed from Yahweh. This time God himself (not a prophet) confronts the Israelites. This also witnesses to the severity of their apostasy.
