“Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.”
The statement that Assyria cannot save them and they will not ride upon horses, and that they will say no more 'Our God' to the work of their hands, indicates that the return must include the renunciation of false sources of security and the renunciation of idols. The refusal to acknowledge idols as gods represents the fundamental change in orientation required for genuine return. This verse specifies the content of repentance as renunciation of false security and false gods.
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