Israel's Sins

The Lord sadly informed the Jewish leaders referring to them as their patriarch Jacob, that they had not called upon Him in prayer and self-humiliation. Jacob was a man known for prayer (Hosea 12:4); his offspring bore his name, Israel, but did not follow in his footsteps. This then justifies God for correcting them. Rather, they had become weary of Him (Micah 6:3; Malachi 1:13; 3:14). He had not become weary or bored with them. The Jewish leaders, in Christ’s time too, did not call upon His name, nor believe in Him, nor receive His Gospel, nor submit to Him and His ordinances; they rejected Him and His offer of salvation as well as the kingdom, therefore the Lord rejected them. So, He turned to the Gentiles, as before prophesied. God said that thou hast been weary of me, O Israel; of the word, worship, and ordinances of God (Amos 8:5).

• Misuse of power of office by shedding blood (Ezekiel 22:6).
• Contempt for father and mother (Exodus 20:12; Leviticus 19:3).
• Extortion from the resident alien (Exodus 23:9; Leviticus 19:33–34).
• Wronging the orphan and the widow (Exodus 22:22).
• Despising holy things, and profaning sabbaths (Exodus 20:8–11).
• Slander for the purpose of destroying people (Leviticus 19:16).
• Eating upon the mountains (idolatrous worship, Leviticus 19:4).
• Committing lewdness by uncovering father’s nakedness (sex with father’s wife; Leviticus 20:11). having sex during wife’s menstrual periods (Leviticus 20:18). having sex with a neighbor’s wife (Leviticus 20:10), a daughter-in-law (Leviticus 20:12), or a sister, or father’s daughter (half-sister, Leviticus 20:17).
• Accepting bribes to shed blood (Deuteronomy 27:25).
• Taking interest and monetary gain by extortion (Leviticus 25:36).