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14 For the palace will be forsaken,
    the crowded city[a] deserted;
the hill and the watchtower will become[b] a cave forever,
    the joy of wild asses, a pasture for[c] flocks.

15 Until a spirit is poured out on us from on high,

and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field,
    and the fruitful field is reckoned as the forest.
16 Then[d] justice will dwell in the wilderness,
    and righteousness will live in the fruitful field.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 32:14 Literally “crowd of the city”
  2. Isaiah 32:14 The Hebrew text has “for the benefit of” following “become”
  3. Isaiah 32:14 Literally “of”
  4. Isaiah 32:16 Or “And”

14 The fortress(A) will be abandoned,
    the noisy city deserted;(B)
citadel and watchtower(C) will become a wasteland forever,
    the delight of donkeys,(D) a pasture for flocks,(E)
15 till the Spirit(F) is poured on us from on high,
    and the desert becomes a fertile field,(G)
    and the fertile field seems like a forest.(H)
16 The Lord’s justice(I) will dwell in the desert,(J)
    his righteousness(K) live in the fertile field.

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