^12 (A)Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine,
^13 (B)For the land of my people in which thorns and briars will come up;
Indeed, for all the joyful houses and for the ^(C)jubilant city.
¹⁴ For ^(D)the palace has been neglected, the ^[a]populated ^(E)city abandoned.
^[b]Hill and watch-tower have become ^(F)caves forever,
A delight 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)fertile field,
And the fertile field is considered as a forest.
¹⁶ Then ^(J)justice will dwell in the wilderness,
And righteousness will remain in the fertile field.
¹⁷ And the ^(K)work of righteousness will be peace,
And the service of righteousness, ^(L)quietness and ^[c]confidence forever.
¹⁸ Then my people will live in a ^(M)peaceful settlement,
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 ^[d]let the ox and the donkey out freely.