This was his way of saying that, barring true repentance and transformational change, people, organizations, and even countries are generally as predictable as the sunrise.In the early 1900s, the philosopher George Santayana wrote something similar. “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” he said.
In other words, King Solomon was right: “There is nothing new under the sun,” and if we don’t learn from our history, we are little more than “fools returning over and again to our folly in the same way that a dog returns to his vomit.” “The end has come upon the four corners of the land. … I will judge you according to your ways and punish you for all your abominations. … Disaster after disaster! Behold, it comes. … Your doom has come to you. … The day is near, a day of tumult.
“I made you flourish like a plant of the field. And you grew up and became tall. … I made my vow to you and entered into a covenant with you … and your renown went forth among the nations. … But you trusted in your beauty and played the whore. … You took your sons and your daughters … and you sacrificed them. … You slaughtered my children.
“Not even Sodom has done as you. … You have committed more abominations than they did. … They are more righteous than you. … Be ashamed and bear your disgrace.”