5. The Lord All-Powerful will defend Jerusalemlike birds flying over their nests.He will defend and save it;he will ‘pass over’ and save Jerusalem.”
6. You children of Israel, come back to the God you fought against.
7. The time is coming when each of you will stop worshiping idols of gold and silver, which you sinned by making.
8. “Assyria will be defeated by a sword, but not the sword of a person;Assyria will be destroyed, but not by a person’s sword.Assyria will run away from the sword of God,but its young men will be caught and made slaves.
9. They will panic, and their protection will be destroyed.Their commanders will be terrified when they see God’s battle flag,”says the Lord,whose fire is in Jerusalemand whose furnace is in Jerusalem.