When Justice Fled

In history, it was observed that "the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth".  This observation was made by Habakkuk, a prophet of the Old Testament (Habakkuk 1:4).  Slack, the law would cause the weak, the infirm, and the invalid to stumble while the strong would leap over it.  Slack, the law might, on demand, be made taut to address political expediencies (see my post entitled "Is Justice Alive and Well?").  Habakkuk's observation that the law was slacked, coincided with the coming of Israel's Babylonian captivity.  Ten of the twelve tribes of Israel were carried into captivity from which, to our knowledge, they never returned.  Did their disregard for justice in law coincide with their capture and captivity?  Will our preference for economic and secular interpretations of the law invite capitivity for Americans?