¹² “Thus says the Lord of hosts: ^(A)In this place that is waste, without man or beast, and in all of its cities, there shall again be ^(B)habitations of shepherds ^(C)resting their flocks. ^13 (D)In the cities of the hill country, ^(E)in the cities of the Shephelah, ^(F)and in the cities of the Negeb, in the land of Benjamin, ^(G)the places about Jerusalem, ^(H)and in the cities of Judah, ^(I)flocks shall again pass under the hands ^(J)of the one who counts them, says the Lord.