As you read about the destructive judgment on these people and their land, remember that they lived out the things told about. Imagine the scenes and feelings described, and know that God knows how to bring judgment.
We’ve all had those days when nothing goes right – fingers fumble, shoestrings break, incredible things happen to slow us down. Hopefully we’ve all had the opposite, days in which we are amazingly agile and efficient, when we just miss the train at the railroad crossing and the computer systems are all running quickly. Guess which of those kinds of days the instruments of God’s judgment on the nations will have as they march on these nations to fulfill God’s purpose. Further, God has power over our feelings, to strike fear or embolden. Can you imagine a fear so great that a father is unable to help his child, can only wring his hands uselessly? To the one for whom God appoints the fumbling and fear, they will multiply remedies in vain. Man has absolutely no power to avoid God’s judgment. Our only hope is God’s mercy. Praise be to God, He is a good and loving and merciful God!