17. The Light of Israel will become a fire,the Holy One, a flame,That burns and consumes its briersand its thorns in a single day.
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.