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18 The fire burns away the great trees and rich farmlands.
    It will destroy everything.
    Things will be like a sick man who wastes away.
19 Only a few trees will be left standing.
    There will be so few even a child will be able to count them.

20 At that time some people will be left alive in Israel
    from the family of Jacob.
They will not continue to depend
    on the person who defeated them.
They will learn truly to depend on the Lord,
    the Holy One of Israel.

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18 The splendor of his forests(A) and fertile fields
    it will completely destroy,(B)
    as when a sick person wastes away.
19 And the remaining trees of his forests(C) will be so few(D)
    that a child could write them down.

The Remnant of Israel

20 In that day(E) the remnant of Israel,
    the survivors(F) of Jacob,
will no longer rely(G) on him
    who struck them down(H)
but will truly rely(I) on the Lord,
    the Holy One of Israel.(J)

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