The people will finally begin to repent, but only after the great destructions. They will attempt to preserve their wealth by burying it in the ground, but they shall still lose it. Perhaps the upheaval in the earth at the time of Christ’s death will be the reason that they are not able to find the treasures that they have buried. They will reach for the things they valued, and they will see them slip away. Perhaps only upon seeing that devastation and reversal of fortune would they be ready to repent.