* God allowed this calamity as discipline because his people had taken up sinning in gross ways, ignoring the repeated warnings of his prophets.
* وقد سمح ان تحلّ هذه النكبة بشعبه كي يؤدبهم لأنهم ارتكبوا خطايا جسيمة ،‏ مديرين ظهرهم لتحذيراته المتكررة بفم انبيائه .‏