^12 (A)Beat your breasts for the desirable fields, for the fruitful vine,
^13 (B)For the land of my people in which thorns and briars shall come up,
Indeed, against all the joyful houses and the ^(C)exultant city.
¹⁴ Because ^(D)the palace has been abandoned, the ^[a]populated ^(E)city forsaken.
^[b]Hill and watchtower have become ^(F)caves forever,
A joy for ^(G)wild donkeys, a pasture for flocks,
¹⁵ Until the ^(H)Spirit is poured out upon us from on high,
And the wilderness becomes a ^(I)fruitful orchard,
And the fruitful orchard is counted as a forest.
¹⁶ Then ^(J)justice will dwell in the wilderness,
And righteousness will live in the fruitful orchard.
¹⁷ And the ^(K)work of righteousness will be peace,
And the service of righteousness, ^(L)quietness and security forever.
¹⁸ Then my people will live in a ^(M)peaceful abode,
And in secure dwellings and in undisturbed ^(N)resting places;
¹⁹ And it will ^(O)hail when the ^(P)forest comes down,
And ^(Q)the city will be utterly laid low.
²⁰ How ^(R)blessed will you be, you who sow beside all waters,
Who ^[c]let out freely the ox and the donkey.