Israel’s apostasy, plain and simple, aroused God’s anger. And we will not be able to understand the appropriateness of God’s anger until we understand what apostasy really is. Apostasy is not an error of judgment; it is a deliberate breach of trust.
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14 So the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he gave them over to plunderers, who plundered them. And he sold them into the hand of their surrounding enemies, so that they could no longer withstand their enemies.