“And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.”
The accusation that Israel does not cry to God from the heart but wails upon their beds for grain and new wine suggests that Israel's prayer is self-interested and devoid of genuine repentance or covenant seeking, that they petition God for material goods without acknowledging their deeper need for reconciliation. The wailing for fertility suggests persistence in the pursuit of Baal's promises despite their continued failure. This verse criticizes the quality of Israel's religious observance as fundamentally misdirected and ineffectual.
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