O my people who dwell in Zion,
    do not be afraid of the Assyrians,
even when they beat you with a rod
    and raise their staff against you
    as the Egyptians did.
²⁵ For it will be only a short time
    until my wrath will subside
    and I will direct my anger to their destruction.
²⁶ Then the Lord of hosts will inflict his retribution
    as he did when he struck Midian at the rock of Oreb,
and he will raise his staff over the sea
    as he did against Egypt.