She will follow after her lovers, But she won't overtake them; And she will seek them, But won't find them. Then she will say, 'I will go and return to my first husband; For then was it better with me than now.'
In the larger, worldwide theater embracing all mankind, one sees the identical pattern.  In days of affluence and prosperity, people turn away from the Lord and openly indulge in all kinds of sins and departures from God's will; but in times of drought, famine, the devastations of war, and all other types of calamities and deprivations, countless thousands of the human race again become diligent to seek comfort and consolation through the pursuit of holy religion.