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14 The ·palace [or fortress] will be ·empty [abandoned; deserted];
    the ·noisy [bustling; populous] city will be abandoned.
·Strong cities and towers [or The citadel and the watchtower] will be empty.
    Wild donkeys will love to live there, and sheep will go there to eat.

Things Will Get Better

15 This will continue until ·God pours his Spirit [L the Spirit is poured] from ·above [heaven; T on high] upon us.
    Then the desert will be like ·rich farmland [a fertile/fruitful field]
    and the ·rich farmland [fertile/fruitful field] like a forest [29:17; 35:1, 2].
16 Justice will ·be found [L dwell] even in the desert,
    and fairness will be found in the ·rich farmland [fertile/fruitful field].

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