Israel’s gold calf idol (see 8:5–6) would become a prize of war for the invading Assyrians.
The horrible events at Gibeah (Judg 19–21) set the pattern of sin for the people of the northern kingdom of Israel (see Hos 9:9). God’s punishment was that they would be overwhelmingly defeated in war, just as in the time of the judges (see Judg 2:10–15).