The hypocritical person who has come to the prophet will also be destroyed. These actions will be taken to protect God's people from wandering away from Him. If a country sins exceedingly against God, He will punish it through such disasters as famine, ferocious animals, war, or plague. Even such righteous men as Noah, Daniel, and Job would be unable to save anyone but themselves. However, God will spare a few people so that it will be known what has happened.
Deception means delusion, falsehood, fraud, hypocrisy, lie, or trickery.
Therefore, He does not cause the prophet to be deceived. Thus, the prophet is deceived by Satan. The two chapters give warning to the children of Israel against the deception of false prophets, witches, and idols. If the people allow themselves to be deceived and do not repent and turn away from their sins, not only the deceivers, but also they themselves will be destroyed. He will allow deception to take place when people choose to turn away from Him.