nation. They are not his, so he will not be theirs.16 The great ‘I AM’ of Exodus 3:14, who was there for them to bring them out of Egyptian slavery, will not be there for them when the Assyrian invader assaults their land.17 Their adulterous violations of the covenant have brought the nation so low that their warrants for special consideration no longer exist in God’s moral calculus. They might as well be any other little nation being overrun by the Assyrian hordes, as far as he is concerned. The