For this is a rebellious people, false sons, children unwilling to hear the instruction of the LORD, establishing the spiritual condition that has led to the failed reliance on Egypt: the people and their leaders are rebellious and unwilling to hear God's word. The designation as rebellious people, false sons, and children unwilling to hear identifies the fundamental problem as a rejection of God's instruction. The oracle suggests that the political failure flows from spiritual failure; the broken covenant relationship is the root cause of the broken foreign policy. The description of false sons suggests that those who claim the status of God's children have betrayed that calling through rebellion. The unwillingness to hear God's instruction identifies pride and hardness of heart as the core problem.

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