2 Kings 16:19
Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
The chapter around this verse belongs to the recorded history of the Jews themselves. Christ took up that very history and set it before them in parable form. In doing so He made their future plain as the outcome of the course they were pursuing. That long record reveals a people who through thousands of years were forging fetters for themselves. Those fetters held them in a bondage that no human power could break.