Nnietzsche thought the old testament was a really accurate representation of the phenomenology of being. It's like, stay awake, speak properly, be honest, or watch the hell out because things will come your way that you just do not want to see at all. And it might not just be you, it might be everyone you know and everything about your culture that is demolished for generation after generation.

If I get too puffed up, something is going to come along and take me out at the knees and everyone knows that pride comes before a fall. " - Jordan Peterson