17 Israel’s Light will become a fire,and its Holy One, a flame. In one day it will burn up Assyria’s thorns and thistles.
18 He will completely destroythe glory of its forests and orchardsas a sickness consumes a person.
19 The remaining trees of its forestwill be so few in numberthat a child could count them.
20 On that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer depend on the one who struck them, but they will faithfully depend on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.
21 The remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob,to the Mighty God.
22 Israel, even if your people were as numerousas the sand of the sea,only a remnant of them will return. Destruction has been decreed;justice overflows.
23 For throughout the landthe Lord God of Hostsis carrying out a destruction that was decreed.