This week in Navi we learned about the major sins that B'nei Yisrael committed in the time of Yishiyahu. There were 3 major sins. One, B'nei Yisrael wanted control over their own lives; two, their leader is disobeying the rules; and three, they are becoming haughty. They were told that they had a chance to repent but they turned it down. Imagine how much better their lives would have been after that is they had chosen to repent. Later on in the Perek we learn their punishments for the sins.
In response to B'nei Yisrael not doing teshuvah, Hashem will appoint them a leader that will lead them astray from him. The weight of the sins were too heavy to even try to do teshuva for. At this point there was a fine line between good and bad. They were most definitely on the bad side. The women were walking around in an immoral way, meaning their clothing wasn't very modest and they were acting terribly. They were believing that they were the source of their own success. Haughtiness was all around them.
I think that us learning this this week was very relevant because it is Rosh Hashanah. During Rosh Hashanah we are asked by Hashem to do teshuva and throw away all of our sins from the past year. I always think that it is a good way to start, but I guess B'nei Yisrael thought something very different. We still have to believe that Hashem is the source of our success and we are not. I would take on the opportunity to repent any day because Hashem forgives more easily than anyone. He chose us as his people but lost hope after this whole mess.
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