Judah and Jerusalem would be left utterly helpless, they would have nowhere to turn but to the Lord Himself.
Food and water would be cut-off. The human resources of leaders of various sorts would be cut-off. Skilled people of all sorts would be in short supply. This happens when a society starts to collapse, no one wants to take responsibility. In the case of war there is no left to take responsibility. In the last days of Berlin at the end of the second world war mere youths were being captains in the army.
People will turn against each other, yet at the same time will long for some leader to come along and rescue them. This is one of the reasons why collapsing societies are so prone to dictatorship: almost anything is better than the mess they are in.
Verses 8 and 9 paint a sorry picture. They parade their sins like Sodom did. This is sadly true of our society today. If we do not change course we too will bring calamity upon ourselves.
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