Part 3 of Judgment and Promise: God Speaks through the Prophet Jeremiah –             As creatures created in God’s image, human beings are incorrigibly religious. But because we have turned away from the true God, our religious impulse is corrupted and is led astray by falsehood and misdirected toward idols. This can be true even of the people of God. Our passage this morning warns the Israelites of worthless religion, and the prophet’s words serve as a warning to us.