²⁴ Therefore this is what the Lord ^[a]God of armies says: “My people, you 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 ended and My anger will be directed toward their destruction.” ²⁶ The Lord of armies will ^(F)wield a whip against him like the defeat 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. ²⁷ So it will be on that day, that ^[c]his ^(J)burden will be removed from your shoulders, and his yoke from your neck; and the yoke will be broken because ^(K)of fatness.