²⁰ [In that day] The Lord will ·hire Assyria and use it like a razor to punish Judah [^Lshave with a razor hired beyond the River (Euphrates)—the king of Assyria]. ·It will be as if the Lord is shaving the hair from Judah’s head and body and beard [^L…—the head, the hair of the feet and cutting away the beard; ^C“hair of the feet” is likely a euphemism for pubic hair; such shaving was an act of humiliation].

²¹ “·At that time [^LIn that day] a person will be ·able to keep alive only [fortunate to have left] ·one young cow [a heifer] and two sheep. ²² ·There will be only enough milk for that person to eat milk curds [or Because of the abundance of milk, he will have curds to eat]. All who remain in the land will ·go back to eating just [or have enough to eat from] milk curds and honey.