¹² “Thus says Yahweh of hosts, ‘There will again be in this place which is waste, ^(A)without man or beast, and in all its cities, ^[a]an abode of shepherds who cause their ^(B)flocks to lie down. ¹³ In the ^(C)cities of the hill country, in the cities of the ^[b]Shephelah, in the cities of the Negev, in the land of Benjamin, in the surroundings of Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, the flocks will again ^(D)pass under the hands of the one who numbers them,’ says Yahweh.