Instead of putting their trust in Jehovah, the people were looking to pagan priests and astrologers for guidance. Baal worship, with its fertility rites, was rampant in the land.
यहोवावर विश्‍वास ठेवण्याऐवजी लोक मूर्तिपूजक पुजाऱ्‍यांकडून व ज्योतिषशास्त्र्यांकडून मार्गदर्शनाची अपेक्षा करत होते.