“My people who live in Zion,^(A)
    do not be afraid^(B) of the Assyrians,
who beat^(C) you with a rod^(D)
    and lift up a club against you, as Egypt did.
²⁵ Very soon^(E) my anger against you will end
    and my wrath^(F) will be directed to their destruction.^(G)”

²⁶ The Lord Almighty will lash^(H) them with a whip,
    as when he struck down Midian^(I) at the rock of Oreb;
and he will raise his staff^(J) over the waters,^(K)
    as he did in Egypt.
²⁷ In that day^(L) their burden^(M) will be lifted from your shoulders,
    their yoke^(N) from your neck;^(O)
the yoke^(P) will be broken
    because you have grown so fat.^[a]

²⁸ They enter Aiath;
    they pass through Migron;^(Q)
    they store supplies^(R) at Mikmash.^(S)
29 They go over the pass, and say,
    “We will camp overnight at Geba.^(T)”
Ramah^(U) trembles;
    Gibeah^(V) of Saul flees.^(W)
30 Cry out, Daughter Gallim!^(X)
    Listen, Laishah!
    Poor Anathoth!^(Y)
31 Madmenah is in flight;
    the people of Gebim take cover.
³² This day they will halt at Nob;^(Z)
    they will shake their fist^(AA)
at the mount of Daughter Zion,^(AB)
    at the hill of Jerusalem.

³³ See, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    will lop off^(AC) the boughs with great power.
The lofty trees will be felled,^(AD)
    the tall^(AE) ones will be brought low.^(AF)
34 He will cut down^(AG) the forest thickets with an ax;
    Lebanon^(AH) will fall before the Mighty One.^(AI)