Invasion of Aliens

The history of Israel is often portrayed as an ebb and flow of peace and then war.  When they were seeking the direction of God there would be anointed leaders who would deliver them from their enemies.  Some were unlikely characters with many flaws.  When they became comfortable and got the idea that they could manage their affairs without God they would be invaded by foreigners.

The law of Moses predicts this scenario in no uncertain terms in a list of blessings and the consequences of disobedience in Deuteronomy chapter 28.  "And these blessings shall come upon you and overtake, if you obey the Lord your God.  And the Lord shall make you head and not the tail."  The curse of disobedience is as follows, "The alien who is among you shall rise above you higher and higher, but you shall go down lower and lower."  "The Lord will bring a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, as the eagle swoops down, a nation whose language you shall not understand, a nation of fierce countenance who shall have no respect for the old, nor show favor to the young." (Deu. 28:43,49)