including strong leaders.
You are in for trouble if you go to Egypt for help, or if you depend on an army of chariots or a powerful cavalry. Instead you should depend on and trust the holy LORD God of Israel.
The Assyrians will be killed, but not by the swords of humans. Their young men will try to escape, but they will be captured and forced into slavery.
When they reached out to you for support, you broke in half, cutting their arms and making them fall.
“We don't have a king,” you will say. “We don't fear the LORD. And what good are kings?”
