²¹ The remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob,
to the Mighty God.
²² Israel, even if your people were as numerous
as the sand of the sea,
only a remnant of them will return.^(B)
Destruction has been decreed;
justice overflows.

⁷ Then the remnant of Jacob^(A)
will be among many peoples
like dew from the Lord,^(B)
like showers on the grass,^(C)
which do not wait for anyone
or linger for mankind.
⁸ Then the remnant of Jacob
will be among the nations, among many peoples,
like a lion among animals of the forest,^(D)
like a young lion among flocks of sheep,
which tramples^(E) and tears^(F) as it passes through,
and there is no one to rescue them.^(G)