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14 Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the Ir shall be abandoned; the citadel and stronghold shall be ruins ad olam, a delight of wild donkeys, a pasture of adarim (flocks);

15 Until the Ruach [Hakodesh] be poured upon us from on high, and the midbar become a carmel (fruitful field), and the carmel become a ya’ar (forest).

16 Then mishpat shall dwell in the midbar, and tzedakah live in the carmel.

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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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