²² Israel, even if your people were as numerous
as the sand of the sea,
only a remnant of them will return.^(A)
Destruction has been decreed;
justice overflows.
²³ For throughout the land
the Lord God of Armies
is carrying out a destruction that was decreed.

²² So now, do not scoff,
or your shackles will become stronger.
Indeed, I have heard from the Lord God of Armies
a decree of destruction for the whole land.^(A)