^22 (A)For though your people Israel be as the sand of the sea, ^(B)only a remnant of them will return. ^(C)Destruction is decreed, overflowing with righteousness. ²³ For the Lord God of hosts will make a full end, as decreed, in the midst of all the earth.

²⁴ Therefore thus says the Lord God of hosts: “O my people, ^(D)who dwell in Zion, ^(E)be not afraid of the Assyrians when they strike with the rod and lift up their staff against you as ^(F)the Egyptians did.