In the late th century William of Orange intentionally flooded much of his nation rsquo s land The Dutch monarch resorted to such a drastic measure in an attempt to drive out the invading Spaniards It didn rsquo t work and a vast swath of prime farmland was lost to the sea ldquo Desperate times call for desperate measures rdquo they say In Isaiah rsquo s day Jerusalem turned to desperate measures when the Assyrian army threatened them Creating a water storage system to endure the siege the people also tore down houses to shore up the city walls Such
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