Yet the people have not turned to him who struck them, neither have they sought the LORD of hosts.

It will come to pass in that day that the remnant of Israel, and those who have escaped from the house of Jacob will no more again lean on him who struck them, but shall lean on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

who struck the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, who ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained.

Has he struck them as he struck those who struck them? Or are they killed like those who killed them were killed?

"Foreigners shall build up your walls, and their kings shall minister to you: for in my wrath I struck you, but in my favor have I had mercy on you.