²⁴ Therefore thus says the Lord ^[a]God of hosts, “O My people who dwell in ^(A)Zion, ^(B)do not fear the Assyrian ^[b]who ^(C)strikes you with the rod and lifts up his staff against you, the way Egypt did. ²⁵ For in a very ^(D)little while ^(E)My indignation against you will be spent and My anger will be directed to their destruction.” ²⁶ The Lord of hosts will ^(F)arouse a scourge against him like the slaughter of ^(G)Midian at the rock of Oreb; and His ^(H)staff will be over the sea and He will lift it up ^(I)the way He did in Egypt.