20. On that dayThe remnant of Israel,the survivors of the house of Jacob,will no more lean upon the one who struck them;But they will lean upon the Lord,the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
21. A remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob,to the mighty God.
22. Though your people, O Israel,were like the sand of the sea,Only a remnant of them will return;their destruction is decreed,as overflowing justice demands.
23. For the Lord, the God of hosts, is about to carry out the destruction decreed in the midst of the whole land.
24. Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of hosts: My people, who dwell in Zion, do not fear the Assyrian, though he strikes you with a rod, and raises his staff against you as did the Egyptians.
25. For just a brief moment more, and my wrath shall be over, and my anger shall be set for their destruction.