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14 The palace will be empty;
    people will leave the noisy city.
Strong cities and towers will be empty.
    Wild donkeys will love to live there, and sheep will go there to eat.

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15 This will continue until God pours his Spirit from above upon us.
    Then the desert will be like a fertile field
    and the fertile field like a forest.
16 Justice will be found even in the desert,
    and fairness will be found in the fertile fields.

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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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