For their mother has played the prostitute. She who conceived them has done shamefully; For she said, 'I will go after my lovers, Who give me my bread and my water, My wool and my flax, My oil and my drink.'
We in America have little reason to feel superior to the ancient Israelites who freely gave the pagan gods the thanks, adoration and worship for providing all of their physical wants, at the same time omitting to thank the true God who was indeed the giver of all things.  Is it not so with us today?  Our great plenty and abundance, our prosperity and eminence as a nation, do we thank God for them? or do we attribute all of these things to "our technology, our system of government, our free enterprise system, or our science, education, or political institutions?"  As Butler affirmed: