21The remnant shall return, the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty Potentate;
22For though thy people, O Israel, be as the sand of the sea, Only a remnant of them shall return. The devastation is decreed; It shall overflow with righteousness.
23For devastation and punishment doth the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, execute in the midst of the whole land,
24Yet thus saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts: Fear not, O my people, that dwellest in Zion, because of the Assyrian! With his rod indeed shall he smite thee, And lift up his staff against thee in the manner of Egypt;
25But yet a very little while, and my indignation shall have past, And my anger shall destroy them.
26Jehovah of hosts shall raise up against him a scourge, As he smote Midian at the rock of Horeb, And as he lifted up the rod against the sea; Yea, he shall lift it up, as in Egypt.
27In that day shall his burden be removed from thy shoulder, And his yoke from thy neck; Yea, thy yoke shall be broken, as that of a fat steer.
28He is come to Aiath; he passeth through Migron; In Michmash he leaveth his baggage;
29They pass the strait; At Geba they make their night-quarters; Ramah trembleth; Gibeah of Saul fleeth.
30Cry aloud, O daughter of Gallim! Hear, O Laish! Alas, poor Anathoth!