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22 Israel, your people might be as many as the grains of sand by the sea.
    But only a few of them will return.
The Lord has handed down a death sentence.
    He will destroy his people.
    What he does is right.
23 The Lord who rules over all will carry out his sentence.
    The Lord will destroy the whole land.

24 The Lord rules over all. The Lord says,

“My people who live in Zion,
    do not be afraid of the Assyrian army.
They beat you with rods.
    They lift up war clubs against you,
    just as the Egyptians did.

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22 Though your people be like the sand(A) by the sea, Israel,
    only a remnant will return.(B)
Destruction has been decreed,(C)
    overwhelming and righteous.
23 The Lord, the Lord Almighty, will carry out
    the destruction decreed(D) upon the whole land.(E)

24 Therefore this is what the Lord, the Lord Almighty, says:

“My people who live in Zion,(F)
    do not be afraid(G) of the Assyrians,
who beat(H) you with a rod(I)
    and lift up a club against you, as Egypt did.

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