Proclaim in the palaces at Ashdod, And in the palaces in the land of Egypt, And say, "Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria, And see what unrest is in her, And what oppression is among them."
There is definitely an echo of this in the verse before us.  "Ashdod" also carries a more pointed meaning for Israel than would "Assyria" in this verse.  "It is a more stinging implication that the Philistines (Ashdod) and the Egyptians, the two hated ancestral enemies were morally superior to Israel."[20]  "It was to the eternal disgrace of Israel that there were doings in her cities which the very heathen would condemn."[21]