It's been said that those who do not understand the past are doomed to repeat it. HaShem has ALWAYS brought in conquerors when His people refused to heed His ways. Shouldn't be a surprise to anyone.
Dirty birdies. :5020:
They do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this.
Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart:
They call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them;
I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven;
I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard.
Woe unto them! for they have fled from me:
Destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me:
Though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.
And they have not cried unto me with their heart,
When they howled upon their beds:
They assemble themselves for corn and wine,
And they rebel against me.
Though I have bound and strengthened their arms,
Yet do they imagine mischief against me.
They return, but not to the most High:
They are like a deceitful bow:
Their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue:
This shall be their derision in the land of Egypt (Ho 7:10b–16).