The Lord would leave a remnant alive, however, when He brought this judgment and scattered His people in captivity. They would despise themselves when they remembered how their adulterous hearts and lustful eyes had hurt their Lord. The Hebrew word gillulim, translated "idols," literally means "dung-gods." This word occurs38 times in Ezekiel and only nine times elsewhere in the Old Testament. The remnant would remember that the Lord"s promised judgments for their sins were not vain (cf. Ezekiel 6:7). [source][source][source]
"What idolatry most reveals about the people who practice it is not merely another faith, but also an actual lack of faith. Modern idolatry, like the ancient Israelite-Near Eastern kind, is essentially materialistic ( 1 John 2:15-17; 1 John 5:21). Instead of full reliance on God, while we may not deny His existence, we don"t trust Him to take care of us materially. Thus we do everything we can to gain worldly possessions, to secure our future, to have a "comfortable" retirement, to succeed in a competitive world. With this comes the danger of "losing our own souls" because we cannot serve God and money ( Matthew 6:24). When we fail to trust God for our needs, we go far beyond the bounds of providing for our basic requirements and can thus trap ourselves in modern idolatry, which is nothing other than materialism ( 1 Timothy 6:6-10)." [1][source]