17 So the Light of Israel will be for a fire,
And his Holy One for a flame;
^aIt will burn and devour
His thorns and his briers in one day. ‡

18 And it will consume the glory of his forest and of ^ahis fruitful field,
Both soul and body;
And they will be as when a sick man wastes away. ‡

20 And it shall come to pass in that day
That the remnant of Israel,
And such as have escaped of the house of Jacob,
^aWill never again depend on him who¹ defeated them,
But will depend on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. ‡

21 The remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob,
To the ^aMighty God. ‡