“Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?”
The Assyrian message repeats the enumeration of conquered nations and their destroyed gods, emphasizing that all previous attempts to resist have failed. The oracle shows the Assyrian king's reliance on historical precedent and the pattern of conquest. The rhetorical force depends on the assumption that the pattern will continue.
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