They are gone up to Assyria for help

They are gone up to Assyria for help.

They are gone up] they look not up to the high God for their help, but they are gone up to Assyria, Assyria is higher in their eyes than the God of Heaven is. How vile a thing is it to forsake confidence in God out of suspicious thoughts of him; for so it was here, they retained suspicious thoughts of God, as if He would leave them in their extremity, and out of those suspicious thoughts of him, they forsake him and seek help elsewhere; they expect more good, more faithfulness, more love, not only from the creature than from God, but from the very enemies of God than from God Himself; yes, and that people that professed interest in God, that would seem to bless themselves in this, That God was their God, even this people, looked to have more good and to find more faithfulness in the very enemies of God than in God Himself; let the Heavens be astonished at this wickedness: and yet this evil is in the hearts of the children of men.