...and then they worshipped idols, disobeyed the Commandments, and got themselves rekt. Again and again, until they were instructed to not "rise over the wall" and remain loyal to their cities of residence.

Under Simon bar Kokhba, Judah attempted to genocide all their neighbours until Rome intervened with a professional army. One of Bar Kokhba's officers repented, and under the latinised name "Flavius Josephus" wrote a book that sounds remarkably like current events.