17. And the light of Israel hath been for a fire, And his Holy One for a flame, And it hath burned, and devoured his thorn And his brier in one day.
18. And the honour of his forest, and his fruitful field, From soul even unto flesh He doth consume, And it hath been as the fainting of a standard-bearer.
19. And the rest of the trees of his forest [are] few, And a youth doth write them.
20. And it hath come to pass, in that day, The remnant of Israel, And the escaped of the house of Jacob, Do not add any more to lean on its smiter, And have leant on Jehovah, The Holy One of Israel, in truth.
21. A remnant returneth--a remnant of Jacob, Unto the Mighty God.
22. For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, A remnant doth return of it, A consumption determined, Overflowing [with] righteousness.
23. For a consumption that is determined, The Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Is making in the midst of all the land.
24. Therefore, thus said the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, `Be not afraid, my people, inhabiting Zion, because of Asshur, With a rod he doth smite thee, And his staff lifteth up against thee, in the way of Egypt.
25. For yet a very little, And the indignation hath been completed, And Mine anger by their wearing out.
26. And awaking for him is Jehovah of Hosts, A scourge like the smiting of Midian at the rock Oreb, And his rod [is] over the sea, And he hath lifted it in the way of Egypt.
27. And it hath come to pass, in that day, Turned is his burden from off thy shoulder, And his yoke from off thy neck, And destroyed hath been the yoke, because of prosperity.
28. He hath come in against Aiath, He hath passed over into Migron, At Michmash he looketh after his vessels.
29. They have gone over the passage, Geba they have made a lodging place, Trembled hath Rama, Gibeah of Saul fled.