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.

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12 “This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: This land—though it is now desolate and has no people and animals—will once more have pastures where shepherds can lead their flocks. 13 Once again shepherds will count their flocks in the towns of the hill country, the foothills of Judah,[a] the Negev, the land of Benjamin, the vicinity of Jerusalem, and all the towns of Judah. I, the Lord, have spoken!

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Footnotes

  1. 33:13 Hebrew the Shephelah.