The passion for idolatry: 'They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing for another man's wife. Should I not punish them for this? declares the LORD. Should I not avenge myself on such a nation?' This verse uses animal imagery to depict the people's uncontrolled lust for false gods: like sexually aroused horses, they pursue idolatry with animal passion. The phrase 'well-fed, lusty stallions' suggests that the people's prosperity has made them lustful and uncontrollable; abundance has not produced gratitude but unrestrained passion. The rhetorical questions ('Should I not punish them...Should I not avenge myself') expect a positive answer: judgment is not merely justified but demanded by God's own righteousness. Theologically, this verse indicates that the people's prosperity is no protection; rather, it enables their idolatry, making judgment inescapable.

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