'That was the time they made an idol in the form of a calf. They brought sacrifices to the idol and reveled in what their own hands had made - the golden calf (Exodus 32:4) becomes the symbol of idolatry: making a god in your own image, offering to it, and celebrating human achievement. The 'reveled in what their own hands had made' (euphrainonto en tois ergois tōn cheirōn) shows the spiritual inversion: humans worship their own creations. This is the essence of idolatry and the core sin of the Jewish establishment.

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