But yet a tenth shall be in it, and it shall return and be burned like the terebinth tree and like the oak that in being felled yet has its stump (the holy seed is its stump).
For they have taken from their daughters for themselves, and for their sons. So the holy seed have mixed themselves with the people of the lands. Yes, the hand of the leaders and the overseers has been foremost in this treachery.
And now, for a little time grace has been shown from Jehovah our God to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in His holy place, so that our God may enlighten our eyes and give us a little reviving in our bondage.
And it shall be, the remnant in Zion, and the remainder in Jerusalem, it shall be said of him: He is holy, every one who is written among the living in Jerusalem;
For so says the Lord Jehovah, The city that goes out by a thousand shall have a hundred left. And that which goes out by a hundred shall have ten left in the house of Israel.
And they shall feed upon the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod at her entrances. And He shall deliver us from Assyria, when he comes into our land, and when he treads within our border.
And did He not make you one? And the vestige of the Spirit is to him. And what of the one? He was seeking a seed of God; even guard your spirit, and do not act deceitfully with the wife of your youth.
And you shall be left few in number, whereas you were as the stars of the heavens for multitude, because you would not listen to the voice of Jehovah your God.
For you are a holy people to Jehovah your God. Jehovah your God has chosen you to be for a people to Him, a special possession out of all the peoples that are on the face of the earth.