4. It is not that I have wrath. Who would give me thorns and thistles? Into battle I would march against them! I would burn them up altogether!
5. Rather let them rely on My strength. Let them make peace with Me— make peace with Me.”
6. In days to come Jacob will take root, Israel will blossom and bud and fill the face of the world with fruit.
7. Did He strike Israel as He struck those who struck them? Or were they slain as their slayers were slain?
8. You contended with her by banishing her, by driving her away. With His fierce wind He expelled them on the day of the east wind.