¹² Beat your breasts [^Ca sign of mourning or grief], ·because the fields that were pleasant are now empty [^Lfor the pleasant fields].
    ·Cry, because the vines that once had fruit now have no more grapes [^L…for the fruitful vine].
¹³ ·Cry for [^L…for] the land of my people,
    in which only thorns and weeds now grow [Gen. 3:18].
·Cry for [^L…for] the city that once was happy
    and for all the houses that once were filled with joy.
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.