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.