30 Days in the Word Day 4

Jeremiah 2:23-35 says: "How can you say, 'I am not defiled; I have not run after the Baals'? See how you behaved in the valley; consider what you have done. You are a swift she-camel running here and there, a wild donkey accustomed to the desert, sniffing the wind in her craving—in her heat who can restrain her? Any males that pursue her need not tire themselves; at mating time they will find her. Do not run until your feet are bare and your throat is dry. But you said, 'It's no use! I love foreign gods, and I must go after them.' "As a thief is disgraced when he is caught, so the house of Israel is disgraced—they, their kings and their officials, their priests and their prophets. They say to wood, 'You are my father,' and to stone, 'You gave me birth.' They have turned their backs to me and not their faces; yet when they are in trouble, they say, 'Come and save us!' Where then are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them come if they can save you when you are in trouble!For you have as many gods as you have towns, O Judah. "Why do you bring charges against me? You have all rebelled against me," declares the LORD. "In vain I punished your people; they did not respond to correction. Your sword has devoured your prophets like a ravening lion. "You of this generation, consider the word of the LORD : "Have I been a desert to Israel or a land of great darkness? Why do my people say, 'We are free to roam; we will come to you no more'? Does a maiden forget her jewelry, a bride her wedding ornaments? Yet my people have forgotten me, days without number. How skilled you are at pursuing love! Even the worst of women can learn from your ways. On your clothes men find the lifeblood of the innocent poor, though you did not catch them breaking in. Yet in spite of all this you say, 'I am innocent; he is not angry with me.' but I will pass judgment on you because you say, 'I have not sinned.'"

God is telling Jeremiah what to say to Israel in these verses. Israel is far from God. This passage reminds me of this culture. We worship other things besides God...cell phones, texting, facebook, money, power, the internet, celebrities, porn, friends, television, fashion, fame, ect. We call them "father" and "Lord" and "god". We might not even notice it.

And yet, whenever we are in trouble we call out to God to help us and to save us. God is pointing out how stupid israel is; how they have fallen away from God and how they have replaced him. They are hypocrites and fools. It breaks my heart to read this. Is He really talking about israel?

Is this generation the new israel?