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13     over the soil of my people.
It goes up in thorns[a] and briers,[b]
    indeed over all of the houses of joy in the jubilant city.
14 For the palace will be forsaken,
    the crowded city[c] deserted;
the hill and the watchtower will become[d] a cave forever,
    the joy of wild asses, a pasture for[e] 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.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 32:13 Hebrew “thorn”
  2. Isaiah 32:13 Hebrew “brier”
  3. Isaiah 32:14 Literally “crowd of the city”
  4. Isaiah 32:14 The Hebrew text has “for the benefit of” following “become”
  5. Isaiah 32:14 Literally “of”

13 and for the land of my people,
    a land overgrown with thorns and briers(A)
yes, mourn(B) for all houses of merriment
    and for this city of revelry.(C)
14 The fortress(D) will be abandoned,
    the noisy city deserted;(E)
citadel and watchtower(F) will become a wasteland forever,
    the delight of donkeys,(G) a pasture for flocks,(H)
15 till the Spirit(I) is poured on us from on high,
    and the desert becomes a fertile field,(J)
    and the fertile field seems like a forest.(K)

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