Verse 17
Yahweh would bring on Judah a worse threat than Judah had faced ever since Israel’s United Kingdom had split in Rehoboam’s day, namely: the king of Assyria. Even though Syria and Israel would disappear as threats to Judah, Ahaz had done the wrong thing in failing to trust God, because Assyria would pose an even worse threat. He had "taken a tiger by the tail." [Note: Motyer, p. 87.]
"Whatever a man trusts in place of God will one day turn to devour him." [Note: Oswalt, p. 214.]
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