¹⁰ “This is what the Lord says: ‘Yet again there will be heard in this place, of which you say, “It is a ^(A)waste, without man and without animal,” that is, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are ^(B)deserted, without man and without inhabitant and without animal,

¹² “This is what the Lord of armies says: ‘There will again be in this place which is waste, ^(A)without man or animal, and in all its cities, a pasture for shepherds who rest their ^(B)flocks.

⁹ “^(A)You ^[a]start an ambitious project, but behold, it comes to little; when you bring it home, I ^(B)blow it away. Why?” declares the Lord of armies. “It is because of My house which ^(C)remains desolate, while each of you runs to his own house.