Reflect on Deuteronomy 17:14-20. But in this case, the priests supported an evil leader. The evil leader has his own evil high priest: Mike Pence, whose inhumanity cries out to heaven for vengeance, like the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah slain at the altar. We can apply so much from the Deuteronomistic history beyond just God punishes those who break the covenant. We have punished ourselves.