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Now in that day the remnant of Israel, and those of the house of Jacobwho have escaped, will neveragainrely on the one who struck them, but will trulyrely on the LORD, the HolyOne of Israel.
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A remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, to the mightyGod.
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For though your people, O Israel, may be like the sand of the sea, Only a remnant within them will return; A destruction is determined, overflowing with righteousness.
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Thereforethussays the LordGOD of hosts, "O My people who dwell in Zion, do not fear the Assyrian who strikes you with the rod and lifts up his staffagainst you, the wayEgypt did.
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The LORD of hosts will arouse a scourgeagainst him like the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb; and His staff will be over the sea and He will lift it up the way He did in Egypt.
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So it will be in that day, that his burden will be removed from your shoulders and his yoke from your neck, and the yoke will be brokenbecause* of fatness.
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Behold, the Lord, the GOD of hosts, will lopoff the boughs with a terriblecrash; Those also who are tall in stature will be cutdown And those who are lofty will be abased.