And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;
The Lord ... said, Because ... It is not said through what prophet this announcement was made. Being apparently the same in substance as that at the beginning, spoken by the angel, it is probably to be regarded as a recapitulation by the historian, who, having rehearsed the prophecy, stated its fulfillment in the last verse.