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.
19 Then the rest of the trees of his forest Will be so few in number That a child may write them.
The Returning Remnant of Israel
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.
22aFor though your people, O Israel, be as the sand of the sea, bA remnant of them will return; The destruction decreed shall overflow with righteousness.
23aFor the Lord God of hosts Will make a determined end In the midst of all the land.
24 Therefore thus says the Lord God of hosts: “O My people, who dwell in Zion, ado not be afraid of the Assyrian. He shall strike you with a rod and lift up his staff against you, in the manner of bEgypt.
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