Don't rejoice, Israel, to jubilation like the nations; For you were unfaithful to your God. You love the wages of a prostitute at every grain threshing floor.
Some students of the Word of God have been troubled by the severity of God against Israel for doing the very same things that all other nations were doing throughout the whole world of that period.  It was Israel's violated covenant with God that made the difference.  If Israel had continued in that covenant, God's purpose of redeeming all men would have been gloriously aided; but by their wanton disobedience they actually jeopardized God's procurement of salvation (not just for Israel) for all mankind.  This fundamental truth demanded their punishment and rejection.