18 And the glory of its forests and orchardswill be consumed, soul and body,and it will be like a sick man who wastes away.
19 And the remnant of the trees in his forestwill be so few,that any child can record them.
20 On that dayThe remnant of Israel,the survivors of the house of Jacob,will no more lean upon the one who struck them;But they will lean upon the Lord,the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
21 A remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob,to the mighty God.
22 Though your people, O Israel,were like the sand of the sea,Only a remnant of them will return;their destruction is decreed,as overflowing justice demands.
23 For the Lord, the God of hosts, is about to carry out the destruction decreed in the midst of the whole land.
24 Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of hosts: My people, who dwell in Zion, do not fear the Assyrian, though he strikes you with a rod, and raises his staff against you as did the Egyptians.