They don't apply to those outside of Christ. Unless you are in Christ you are without hope and without God in the world. Outside of believing in Christ & His sacrifice you are a stranger and outside all the covenant promises & under the wrath of God alienated from the life of God through ignorance & blindness of heart. The entire Bible is based on seed, plant, harvest, the principle of sowing and reaping. You reap what you sow. Man has sown wickedness, corruption, greed, idolatry, immorality, impurity, debauchery and worse. The wages of sin is death. The children are a casualty of the spiritual war between good & evil, God & Satan. Satan comes to steal, kill & destroy. Jesus came to give eternal life to those who believe. It comes down to free will and who you choose to believe and serve.