God's Wrath
Revealed Against Burundi
Because of constant civil war in the country of Burundi, it is estimated that nearly 500,000 people have died since 1972 as a result.
God has not just cursed Burundi with decades of civil war, but God has for many years sent devastating floods in many regions of the country, and has sent seasons of terrible droughts. The Lord has even made it a pattern through the years to send drought into one region of Burundi while at the same times sending floods in another region. The Lord our God is the one who controls all things. He sends war, disease, and any and every disaster known to man. Praise and fear Him, inhabitants of the earth, especially you Burundi.
Isaiah 1: 4 – 7
4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.
5 Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
6 From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
7 Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
Psalm 78:49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.
Jeremiah 21:5 And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.
Jeremiah 50:38 A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.
January 2, 1998 – Over 100 civilians were massacred after a rebel attack on Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi.
April 23, 1998 – Rebel attack leaves 70 dead.
Between 2000 to 2001 – A Malaria outbreak results in estimated deaths between 1,000 and 8,900.
December 30, 2003 – Pope’s ambassador to Burundi killed in a rebel ambush.
January 2006 – 120 die in result of drought.
February 6, 2007 – The BBC reported that 2 million people were put at risk due to devastating floods.
September 2008 to October 2008 – Drought causes crop to wither in the northern region of Burundi, which leads to an estimated 16,500 households facing severe food shortage.
April 2009 – Rain-induced floods displace over 8,000 and damage 1,200 homes and crops.
August 2009 – It was reported that over 110,000 people in Burundi were infected with HIV/AIDS out of the 8,300,000 population.
February 23, 2010 - The IRIN (Integrated Regional Information Networks – for the UN) reported that due to drought in the northern regions of Burundi, about 180,000 people are in dire need of food, water, and seeds.
February 1, 2010 – Reuters reported that since 2007, violence has killed at least 21,000 people in Burundi.
February 2010 – 15,000 people flee their homes in the northern region of Burundi to escape the deadly drought.
February 2010 – Heavy rains, hail, and floods in the western region of Burundi during the month caused 198 families (around 990 people) to have their houses damaged and their crops destroyed.
