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.

²⁶ And ^(A)the Lord of hosts will wield against them a whip, as when he struck ^(B)Midian ^(C)at the rock of Oreb. And his staff will be over the sea, and he will lift it ^(D)as he did in Egypt.