A Remnant Shall Return

20On that day the remnant of Israel

and the survivors of the house of Jacob

will no longer depend

on him who struck them,

but they will truly rely on the LORD,

the Holy One of Israel.

21A remnant will return —a remnant of Jacob—

to the Mighty God.

22Though your people, O Israel, be like the sand of the sea,

only a remnant will return.

Destruction has been decreed,

overflowing with righteousness.

23For the Lord GOD of Hosts will carry out

the destruction decreed upon the whole land.

24Therefore this is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says:

“O My people who dwell in Zion,

do not fear Assyria,

who strikes you with a rod

and lifts his staff against you

as the Egyptians did.

25For in just a little while

My fury against you will subside,

and My anger will turn to their destruction.”

26And the LORD of Hosts will brandish a whip against them,

as when He struck Midian at the rock of Oreb.

He will raise His staff over the sea,

as He did in Egypt.

27On that day the burden will be lifted from your shoulders,

and the yoke from your neck.

The yoke will be broken

because your neck will be too large.

28Assyria has entered Aiath

and passed through Migron,

storing their supplies at Michmash.

29They have crossed at the ford:

“We will spend the night at Geba.”

Ramah trembles;

Gibeah of Saul flees.

30Cry aloud, O Daughter of Gallim!

Listen, O Laishah!

O wretched Anathoth!

31Madmenah flees;

the people of Gebim take refuge.

32Yet today they will halt at Nob,

shaking a fist at the mount of Daughter Zion,

at the hill of Jerusalem.

33Behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts

will lop off the branches with terrifying power.

The tall trees will be cut down,

the lofty ones will be felled.

34He will clear the forest thickets with an axe,

and Lebanon will fall before the Mighty One.