19. The trees left standing will be so fewthat even a child could count them.
20. At that time some people will be left alive in Israelfrom the family of Jacob.They will not continue to dependon the person who defeated them.They will learn truly to depend on the Lord,the Holy One of Israel.
21. Those who are left alive in Jacob’s familywill again follow the powerful God.
22. Israel, your people are many,like the grains of sand by the sea.But only a few of them will be left alive to return to the Lord.God has announced that he will destroy the landcompletely and fairly.
23. The Lord God All-Powerful will certainly destroy this land,as he has announced.
24. This is what the Lord God All-Powerful says:“My people living in Jerusalem,don’t be afraid of the Assyrians,who beat you with a rodand raise a stick against you, as Egypt did.