This Levite gets the response he wanted. Wherever the grizzly remains of the concubine go, they get the same horrified reaction: Such a thing has never happened or been seen from the day that the people of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt until this day; consider it, take counsel, and speak.
As bad as things are now, they are only going to get worse. Israel could have responded to this grizzly message by repenting of their sins, fasting, weeping, seeking the Lord. But their reactions are going to focus on themselves, and not the Lord. Indeed, it is a terrible time in Israel’s history.
30 And all who saw it said, “Such a thing has never happened or been seen from the day that the people of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt until this day; consider it, take counsel, and speak.”