⁹ You women^(A) who are so complacent,
    rise up and listen^(B) to me;
you daughters who feel secure,^(C)
    hear what I have to say!
¹⁰ In little more than a year^(D)
    you who feel secure will tremble;
the grape harvest will fail,^(E)
    and the harvest of fruit will not come.
¹¹ Tremble,^(F) you complacent women;
    shudder, you daughters who feel secure!^(G)
Strip off your fine clothes^(H)
    and wrap yourselves in rags.^(I)
12 Beat your breasts^(J) for the pleasant fields,
    for the fruitful vines^(K)
13 and for the land of my people,
    a land overgrown with thorns and briers^(L)—
yes, mourn^(M) for all houses of merriment
    and for this city of revelry.^(N)
14 The fortress^(O) will be abandoned,
    the noisy city deserted;^(P)
citadel and watchtower^(Q) will become a wasteland forever,
    the delight of donkeys,^(R) a pasture for flocks,^(S)
15 till the Spirit^(T) is poured on us from on high,
    and the desert becomes a fertile field,^(U)
    and the fertile field seems like a forest.^(V)
16 The Lord’s justice^(W) will dwell in the desert,^(X)
    his righteousness^(Y) live in the fertile field.
¹⁷ The fruit of that righteousness^(Z) will be peace;^(AA)
    its effect will be quietness and confidence^(AB) forever.
¹⁸ My people will live in peaceful^(AC) dwelling places,
    in secure homes,^(AD)
    in undisturbed places of rest.^(AE)
19 Though hail^(AF) flattens the forest^(AG)
    and the city is leveled^(AH) completely,
²⁰ how blessed you will be,
    sowing^(AI) your seed by every stream,^(AJ)
    and letting your cattle and donkeys range free.^(AK)