Having previously talked about a high point in the kingly line of Israel, if you read on to 2 Kings 25 you of course find that it then all goes down hill. By the time you get to the end of the book it is worse than desperate. Complete devastation, the end of the road. It could hardly be more broken.
The prophets could have said 'told you so' time and time again. This outcome was no surprise - it had been predicted, and could be seen coming a long way off.
Total system failure and breakage, making the 'blue screen of death' look like a mere blip in comparison. Yet while computer users simply switch off and start all over again in such circumstances, God has a different way. He uses the circumstances as part of His even bigger plans. The prophets wrote about this too, although they couldn't live long enough to see how it became reality.
Check out Micah 5:3-4. An abandoned Israel until the time of a new birth, someone who will stand and shepherd the flock in the Lord's strength. It amazes me how God can exercise redemptive purposes even in such abject failure.
None of us in our right minds wants to be heading towards a 2 Kings 25 scenario. But God's purposes will move on - with us or without us.
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