¹² The grasslands of the wilderness overflow;^(A)
    the hills are clothed with gladness.^(B)

“Until the cities lie ruined^(B)
    and without inhabitant,
until the houses are left deserted^(C)
    and the fields ruined and ravaged,^(D)

¹⁰ The fortified city stands desolate,^(A)
    an abandoned settlement, forsaken^(B) like the wilderness;
there the calves graze,^(C)
    there they lie down;^(D)
    they strip its branches bare.

¹⁸ I will make rivers flow^(A) on barren heights,
    and springs within the valleys.
I will turn the desert^(B) into pools of water,^(C)
    and the parched ground into springs.^(D)
19 I will put in the desert^(E)
    the cedar and the acacia,^(F) the myrtle and the olive.
I will set junipers^(G) in the wasteland,
    the fir and the cypress^(H) together,^(I)

¹² You will go out in joy^(A)
    and be led forth in peace;^(B)
the mountains and hills
    will burst into song^(C) before you,
and all the trees^(D) of the field
    will clap their hands.^(E)
13 Instead of the thornbush will grow the juniper,
    and instead of briers^(F) the myrtle^(G) will grow.
This will be for the Lord’s renown,^(H)
    for an everlasting sign,
    that will endure forever.”