WHY POVERTY?

Isa 24:4-6
4 The earth dries up and withers, the world languishes and withers, the exalted of the earth languish. 5 The earth is defiled by its people;
they have disobeyed the laws, violated the statutes
and broken the everlasting covenant. 6 Therefore a curse consumes the earth; its people must bear their guilt. NIV
** Why does a curse consume the earth? Two reasons…. 1 because the people disobeyed the law and 2 because it is a sign that the people must bear their guilt. How often I’ve looked at poverty stricken countries and wondered why? Why are they so poor? Maybe these verses show some light on why some people and or countries are so poverty sticken…. Maybe long long ago, there were people who decided to disobey God’s laws and chose to walk in the way of sin and then God just took His hand off of that people or country and it went down far away from prosperity…. Maybe….