²⁴ Therefore thus says the Lord God of hosts: “O my people, ^(A)who dwell in Zion, ^(B)be not afraid of the Assyrians when they strike with the rod and lift up their staff against you as ^(C)the Egyptians did. ²⁵ For ^(D)in a very little while my fury will come to an end, and my anger will be directed to their destruction. ²⁶ And ^(E)the Lord of hosts will wield against them a whip, as when he struck ^(F)Midian ^(G)at the rock of Oreb. And his staff will be over the sea, and he will lift it ^(H)as he did in Egypt.