They are deliberately led into a corner where they are not given any options. We Must Stand Still and See The Lord's Salvation To the unskilled eye the Lord's leading has always seemed ponderous and aimless and even disastrous and outrageous. Satan can make every road God leads us down look like a dead end. We also see that God makes the roads look like dead end to throw our enemies off track. So as we look out we see nothing but chaos.
Nothing makes any sense.
If we move forward we are doomed for failure. Yet, when God is figured into the equation of life we begin to see, no matter how dire the circumstances, there are no dead ends. With no way out they had no choice but stand still and see the salvation of the Lord. It is in those times that God forces us to stand still and be quiet that enables us to see the salvation of the Lord. It was there on that dead end street that Israel realized that God fights their battles.