“But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:”
The idolatry as cause: 'Instead, they have followed the stubbornness of their hearts and have gone after the Baals, as their ancestors taught them.' This verse indicates that the people followed 'the stubbornness of their hearts' (their own will) rather than God's law, pursuing Baal worship learned from their 'ancestors.' The connection to ancestral practice suggests that apostasy is intergenerational. Theologically, this verse indicates that the people's wickedness is both willful (stubbornness of heart) and learned (taught by ancestors).
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