Isaiah 2:6 You, Lord, have abandoned your people, the descendants of Jacob. They are full of superstitions from the East; they practice divination like the Philistines and embrace pagan customs.
At the time when Christ was on earth, the Israelites were complaining about God forsaking them, leaving them and not looking after them…
But, in reality, people had turned to idols, silver and gold, land and belongings, their own rules… the list continues… they had left God out of their lives.
Nowadays we see much of the same thing happening again – people complaining about God not being here when in reality we are leaving God out of our daily lives!