Verse 13
The Lord pronounced doom on the Israelites because He would judge them for straying from Him like sheep from their Shepherd. Destruction would be their punishment because they rebelled against Him. His desire was to redeem them from destruction, but they only spoke lies about His desire and ability to redeem them. That is why they made foreign treaties: to defend themselves since they thought Yahweh would or could not.
"The God of the Exodus is unchanged in His will, but because of Israel’s lies there will be no ’exodus’ from the Assyrian danger." [Note: Mays, p. 111.]
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