3 ^aThe fortress also will cease from Ephraim,
The kingdom from Damascus,
And the remnant of Syria;
They will be as the glory of the children of Israel,”
Says the Lord of hosts. ‡

4 “In that day it shall come to pass
That the glory of Jacob will¹ wane,
And ^athe fatness of his flesh grow lean. ‡

6 ^aYet gleaning grapes will be left in it,
Like the shaking of an olive tree,
Two or three olives at the top of the uppermost bough,
Four or five in its most fruitful branches,”
Says the Lord God of Israel. ‡

7 In that day a man will ^alook to his Maker,
And his eyes will have respect for the Holy One of Israel. ‡