What is the cause of war, pestilence, catastrophe, and enmity throughout human history?
War, pestilence, catastrophe, and enmity between individuals, nations, and family members throughout the 6,000 years of human history stem from the curse. Sickness and disease also come from the same source. The curse explains the turmoil and conflict that have persisted in the world.
Les explains that the world has been in turmoil, especially over the Middle East, for the 6,000 years of human history, with war, pestilence, catastrophe, and enmity between individuals, nations, and family members. When asked why, the answer given is the curse. Sickness and disease likewise come from the curse. In the surrounding verses, the curse is brought on the sea, and the text repeatedly identifies the curse as the root cause of these ongoing human miseries.