This description of the Lord laying the land waste and destroying the wicked out of it reminds me of a strong person in authority laying down dissensions among an undisciplined populous. (Think of a Drill Sargeant dealing with insubordinate new recruits or a police officer dealing with belligerent civilians.) Whether we like the look of it or not, the person in authority must, in some situations, make bare their arm and exercise the authority which is legitimately theirs against those who should be under their authority but refuse to submit. If they refuse to do that when needed it is an abdication which leads to increasing problems.
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