Isaiah 10:20-34

20At that time those left in Israel, those who remain of the family of Jacob, will no longer rely on a foreign leader that abuses them. Instead they will truly rely on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.

21A remnant will come back, a remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.

22For though your people, Israel, are as numerous as the sand on the seashore, only a remnant will come back. Destruction has been decreed; just punishment is about to engulf you.

23The sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, is certainly ready to carry out the decreed destruction throughout the land.

24So here is what the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, says: “My people who live in Zion, do not be afraid of Assyria, even though they beat you with a club and lift their cudgel against you as Egypt did.

25For very soon my fury will subside, and my anger will be directed toward their destruction.”

26The Lord who commands armies is about to beat them with a whip, similar to the way he struck down Midian at the rock of Oreb. He will use his staff against the sea, lifting it up as he did in Egypt.

27At that time the Lord will remove their burden from your shoulders, and their yoke from your neck; the yoke will be taken off because your neck will be too large.

28They attacked Aiath, moved through Migron, depositing their supplies at Micmash.

29They went through the pass, spent the night at Geba. Ramah trembled, Gibeah of Saul ran away.

30Shout out, daughter of Gallim! Pay attention, Laishah! Answer her, Anathoth!

31Madmenah flees, the residents of Gebim have hidden.

32This very day, standing in Nob, they shake their fist at Daughter Zion’s mountain – at the hill of Jerusalem.

33Look, the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, is ready to cut off the branches with terrifying power. The tallest trees will be cut down, the loftiest ones will be brought low.

34The thickets of the forest will be chopped down with an ax, and mighty Lebanon will fall.