Ps 58 4 Their venom is like the venom of a snake,
like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears,
5 that will not heed the tune of the charmer,
however skillful the enchanter may be. "

In the scriptures evil rulers are compared to snakes. Because a violation of the constitution is the same thing as producing venom that will kill. So you can picture this Cobra who is being changed by the charmer as he is playing the flute. Well wicked rulers are the Cobras that cannot be changed.

We must understand that as the level of lawlessness increases the greater opposition of violence defines our culture downward. In this way all people are forced to live under the weight of anti social relationships. God says that sin is crooked or changing normal relationships into relating to mankind in an unnatural way. Even the elect are forced to carry the weight of the unnatural violence. This is why generations decline. Because the moral line is moved to a lower standard. In the 50s kids were being disciplined for talking out of turn. Come to the 2000 and we have metal detectors in our schools. In a depraved society the people suffer from Stockholm syndrome. If you could imagine being in a elementary class in the 50s you will experience a lot more acceptance because of the tight constraints in society. You are not in fear because a kid talked out of turn. But in the decline you are faced with threats of physical violence. You are forced to accept others who are practicing detestable sins if you want to get along in society.

The gospel is the only secure communication of true freedom. Because the gospel is a message of life and death. We are all faced with being hardened as we react with anger. So this can develop into a core of rage. Religion can become odd. It can teach us to build up anger. We have been given the most sever emotional reaction in the curses. Because we do not really believe that the smallest offense of the 50s was worthy of death. So the resistance to abuse in the gospel is confronted by the extreme pronouncement of the curses. It turns our the anger upside down. We never can be hardened to the point of rage. This is why God has established the gospel as the standard of true freedom.