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 Thanks for sharing, Jack. Multiple angles to explore and reflect.

Reminds me of Jeremiah 17:9-10

    The heart is deceitful above all things,
        and desperately sick;
        who can understand it? 
    “I the LORD search the heart
        and test the mind,
    to give every man according to his ways,
        according to the fruit of his deeds.”

Also of what could happen when people are big and God is small. Psalm 118:4-8

    Let those who fear the LORD say,
        “His steadfast love endures forever.”
    Out of my distress I called on the LORD;
        the LORD answered me and set me free. 
    The LORD is on my side; I will not fear.
        What can man do to me? 
    The LORD is on my side as my helper;
        I shall look in triumph on those who hate me.

    It is better to take refuge in the LORD
        than to trust in man. 
 u forget about this : 
"
1 Judah’s sin is engraved
   with an iron pen.
   It’s etched with a diamond point
   on the tablets of their hearts
   and on the horns of their altars.

2 Their children remember their altars and sacred poles
    by the lush trees and high hills.

3  Because you have committed such sins throughout your country,
    I will give to your enemies
    my mountain in the land,
    as well as your wealth and all that you treasure.

4  You will lose the inheritance that I gave you.
    I will make you slaves of your enemies
    in a land you don’t know,
    for my anger blazes like a fire
    that won’t go out.

5  The LORD proclaims:
    Cursed are those who trust in mere humans,
    who depend on human strength
    and turn their hearts from the LORD.

6  They will be like a desert shrub
    that doesn’t know when relief comes.
    They will live in the parched places of the wilderness,
    in a barren land where no one survives.

7  Happy are those who trust in the LORD,
    who rely on the LORD.

8  They will be like trees planted by the streams, 
    whose roots reach down to the water.
    They won’t fear drought when it comes;
    their leaves will remain green.
    They won’t be stressed in the time of drought
    or fail to bear fruit.  '' 
 Yes. Jeremiah is prophesying God’s judgment on God’s people for their idolatry, for not trusting and following Yahweh.