The sending of the Assyrian army to capture Manasseh, with hooks put in his nose and binding him with bronze shackles, indicates the severe judgment consequent upon his covenant violation. The specific humiliation of having hooks placed in his nose indicates the degradation and the loss of dignity associated with capture. The binding with bronze shackles indicates the complete loss of freedom and autonomy. The capturing of Manasseh represents the practical outworking of the threat implied by covenant violation. The intervention of the Assyrian forces indicates the use of historical powers as instruments of divine judgment.

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