“Therefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.”
Therefore thus says the LORD God of hosts: O My people, who dwell in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian who strikes you with a rod and lifts his staff against you in the way of Egypt—the command to fear not, grounded in the reality that Assyria, though currently devastating, is merely a temporary instrument of judgment. The reference to Egypt establishes the pattern: as God delivered Israel from Egypt's oppression, so He will deliver from Assyrian oppression. This verse transitions from judgment to hope, reassuring the faithful remnant of ultimate deliverance.
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