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15 until at last the Spirit is poured out
    on us from heaven.
Then the wilderness will become a fertile field,
    and the fertile field will yield bountiful crops.

16 Justice will rule in the wilderness
    and righteousness in the fertile field.
17 And this righteousness will bring peace.
    Yes, it will bring quietness and confidence forever.

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15 till the Spirit(A) is poured on us from on high,
    and the desert becomes a fertile field,(B)
    and the fertile field seems like a forest.(C)
16 The Lord’s justice(D) will dwell in the desert,(E)
    his righteousness(F) live in the fertile field.
17 The fruit of that righteousness(G) will be peace;(H)
    its effect will be quietness and confidence(I) forever.

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