²⁰On that day the remnant of Israel ²¹A remnant will return — a remnant of Jacob — ²²Though your people, O Israel, be like the sand of the sea, ²³For the Lord GOD of Hosts will carry out ²⁴Therefore this is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: ²⁵For in just a little while ²⁶And the LORD of Hosts will brandish a whip against them, ²⁷On that day the burden will be lifted from your shoulders, ²⁸Assyria has entered Aiath ²⁹They have crossed at the ford: ³⁰Cry aloud, O Daughter of Gallim! ³¹Madmenah flees; ³²Yet today they will halt at Nob, ³³Behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts ³⁴He will clear the forest thickets with an axe,