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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.

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  1. Isaiah 32:14 Lit multitude of the
  2. Isaiah 32:14 Or Ophel
  3. Isaiah 32:20 Lit send out the foot of the ox

12 (A)Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields,
    for the fruitful vine,
13 (B)for the soil of my people
    growing up in thorns and briers,
(C)yes, for all the joyous houses
    in the exultant city.
14 For the palace is forsaken,
    the populous city deserted;
the hill and the watchtower
    will become dens forever,
(D)a joy of wild donkeys,
    a pasture of flocks;
15 until (E)the Spirit is poured upon us from on high,
    and (F)the wilderness becomes a fruitful field,
    and the fruitful field is deemed a forest.
16 Then justice will dwell in the wilderness,
    and righteousness abide in the fruitful field.
17 (G)And the effect of righteousness will be peace,
    and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust[a] forever.
18 My people will abide in a peaceful habitation,
    in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.
19 (H)And it will hail when the forest falls down,
    (I)and the city will be utterly laid low.
20 (J)Happy are you who sow beside all waters,
    who let the feet of the ox and the donkey range free.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 32:17 Or security