Child sacrifice

In 587 Bc the great city of Jerusalem was destroyed and its inhabitants carried off. The people had been forewarned by Jeremiah and other prophets who for 40 years prior to the fall of this great city had preached repentance to no avail.

What was it that Judah was doing that brought about the destruction of the city? I alway imagined rather vague sins of disobedience and pride. But. . . "The spiritual condition of Jerusalem was one of flagrant idol worship. King Ahaz in Isaiah's day had set up a system of sacrificing children to the god Molech in the Valley of Hinnom just outside Jerusalem. His son Hezekiah led in reforms and clean up, but Hezehiah's son Manasseh continued to foster child sacrifice along with gross idolatry which continued into Jeremiah's time. Josiah's reforms repressed the worst practices outwardly, but the deadly cancer of sin was deep and flourished quickly again after a shallow revival. Religious insincerity, dishonesty, adultery, injustice, tyranny against the helpless, and slander prevailed as the norm, not the exception. . . ."

Religious insincerity, dishonesty, adultery, injustice, tyranny against the helpless, and slander? Yes, that could be us. But idol worship?? child sacrifice??

Maybe it's all in how we define ourselves--just like the people in Jerusalem, who ignored the prophets, justifying themselves because they were following the law. So, think about this, since 1973, more than 52 million abortions have been performed in the United States. 52 MILLION. That seems to fall into the category of child sacrifice to me.
But they are legal so it must be alright.

Why do we expect God to be any more lenient with us than he was with his Chosen People. Why do we assume (just as they did in 600 BC) that we are too big, too powerful, too righteous to be destroyed?

Maybe it's time for a change of course. . .is anybody listening?