Picking up the theme that the southern kingdom of Judah is no better, maybe actually worse than the northern kingdom Israel because of their hypocrisy.
In Kings, it seems like the southern is better because at least some of their Kings follow God, where none of the northern kings do. But this is about the people.
It’s a picture of people hardened by prosperity and indulgence, incapable of spiritual responses. They are completly indifferent to the poor.
It includes hypothetical dialogue by the people saying that God will never do anything.
God talks about them being ripped apart like being attacked by a lion.
So ends the condemnation of both kingdoms. and most terribly the priests and prophets who act at direction of the corrupt.
When spiritual leaders become enablers of ignoring God, things are in a bad way.
inheriting the earth 
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