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Shall the ax boast itself against him who chops with it? Or shall the saw exalt itself against him who saws with it? As if a rod could wield itself against those who lift it up, Or as if a staff could lift up, as if it were not wood!
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Therefore the Lord, the Lord of hosts, Will send leanness among his fat ones; And under his glory He will kindle a burning Like the burning of a fire.
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So the Light of Israel will be for a fire, And his Holy One for a flame; It will burn and devour His thorns and his briers in one day.
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And it will consume the glory of his forest and of his fruitful field, Both soul and body; And they will be as when a sick man wastes away.
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Then the rest of the trees of his forest Will be so few in number That a child may write them.
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And it shall come to pass in that day That the remnant of Israel, And such as have escaped of the house of Jacob, Will never again depend on him who defeated them, But will depend on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
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The remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, To the Mighty God.
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For though your people, O Israel, be as the sand of the sea, A remnant of them will return; The destruction decreed shall overflow with righteousness.
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For the Lord God of hosts Will make a determined end In the midst of all the land.
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Therefore thus says the Lord God of hosts: "O My people, who dwell in Zion, do not be afraid of the Assyrian. He shall strike you with a rod and lift up his staff against you, in the manner of Egypt.
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For yet a very little while and the indignation will cease, as will My anger in their destruction."