12  Thus says the Lord,

“Though they are at full strength and many,

^cthey will be cut down and pass away.

^dThough I have afflicted you,

I will afflict you no more.

17  ^g“So you shall know that I am the Lord your God,

^hwho dwells in Zion, ⁱmy holy mountain.

And Jerusalem shall be holy,

and ^jstrangers shall never again pass through it.