The elders have come to Ezekiel inquiring of God, and instead, God accuses them of infidelity & prostitution. Though they were still outwardly “serving” the Lord, their hearts were elsewhere…and to God, this divided devotion didn’t deserve any response from Him. The Babylonian exile had tempted the Jewish people with the enticement of local gods…which all seemed to be very powerful. So, while not necessarily abandoning God…they chose to just “include” these deities into their everyday life. But God called them on it because they couldn’t have it both ways. James uses this rare expression “double-minded” in James 1:8 where it suggests that a man has two souls and is unstable with a split personality…claiming to have faith, but in reality, doubting that God is enough…and totally unable to love God & His Law exclusively.
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