4. This is what the Lord says to me:‘As a lion growls,a great lion over its prey –and though a whole band of shepherdsis called together against it,it is not frightened by their shoutsor disturbed by their clamour –so the Lord Almighty will come downto do battle on Mount Zion and on its heights.
5. Like birds hovering overhead,the Lord Almighty will shield Jerusalem;he will shield it and deliver it,he will “pass over” it and will rescue it.’
6. Return, you Israelites, to the One you have so greatly revolted against.
7. For in that day every one of you will reject the idols of silver and gold your sinful hands have made.
8. ‘Assyria will fall by no human sword;a sword, not of mortals, will devour them.They will flee before the swordand their young men will be put to forced labour.
9. Their stronghold will fall because of terror;at the sight of the battle standard their commanders will panic,’declares the Lord,whose fire is in Zion,whose furnace is in Jerusalem.