17. Israel’s light will become a flame.Its Holy One will become a fire.He will burn up and devour the weeds and thornbushes in one day.
18. The majestic forest and the orchardwill destroy both body and soul.They will be like a sick person wasting away.
19. The trees that remain in the forest will be so few thata child could count them.
20. At that time the remaining few Israelites,the survivors of Jacob’s descendantswill no longer depend on the one who struck them.They will only depend on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.
21. A few, the remaining few of Jacob, will return to the mighty God.