²² Israel, though your people are many,
    like the grains of sand by the sea [48:19; Gen. 15:5; 22:17; Hos. 1:10].
    only a ·few [^Lremnant] of them will ·be left alive to return to the Lord [^Lreturn; 7:3].
·God has announced that he will destroy the land [Destruction has been decreed]
    ·completely and fairly [^Loverflowing/overwhelming with righteousness/justice].
²³ The Lord God ·All-Powerful [Almighty; of Heaven’s Armies; ^Tof hosts] will ·certainly [or fully] destroy this land,
    as he has ·announced [decreed].