The princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?
 Mark the twofold process of the Lord. He sends first a prophet, then an angel; the one to bring their sin home to their conscience, the other to raise up a deliverer. He loves to extricate His people from the wretched consequences of their failure, but He will have the evil owned first.
