5. I, the Lord All-Powerful,will protect Jerusalemlike a mother bird circlingover her nest.”
6. People of Israel, come back!You have completely turnedfrom the Lord.
7. The time is comingwhen you will throw awayyour idols of silver and gold,made by your sinful hands.
8. The Assyrians will be killed,but not by the swordsof humans.Their young men will tryto escape,but they will be capturedand forced into slavery.
9. Their fortress will fallwhen terror strikes;their army officerswill be frightenedand run from the battle.This is what the Lord has said,the Lord whose fiery furnaceis built on Mount Zion.