A Sword on the Land

"The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly. The earth shall reel to and from like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of earth upon the earth."

Isaiah 24: 19-21
What are we to make of the current, explosive changes in the Middle East? What is the meaning of the events such as the "Arab Spring" and the unraveling of the post-World War II order?