14 For the palace will be forsaken,
the busy city abandoned.
The hill and the watchtower will become
barren places forever,
the joy of wild donkeys,
and a pasture for flocks,
15 until the Spirit from heaven is poured out on us.(A)
Then the desert will become an orchard,
and the orchard will seem like a forest.(B)
16 Then justice will inhabit the wilderness,
and righteousness will dwell in the orchard.

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