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14 The citadel[a] will be abandoned
    and the crowded streets will be deserted;
the hill and the watchtower will become wasteland forever,
    in which wild asses may frolic and flocks may pasture,
15 until a spirit from on high
    is poured out upon us,
and the wilderness becomes an orchard
    and the fruitful field becomes a forest.
16 Then justice will dwell in the wilderness,
    and righteousness will abide in the orchard.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 32:14 Citadel: Hebrew, Ophel, the southern part of the hill of Zion.

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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