²⁸ he will inhabit ruined towns
    and houses where no one lives,^(A)
    houses crumbling to rubble.^(B)

¹⁴ with kings and rulers of the earth,^(A)
    who built for themselves places now lying in ruins,^(B)

³⁷ Babylon will be a heap of ruins,
    a haunt^(A) of jackals,
an object of horror and scorn,^(B)
    a place where no one lives.^(C)

¹⁸ Who is a God^(A) like you,
    who pardons sin^(B) and forgives^(C) the transgression
    of the remnant^(D) of his inheritance?^(E)
You do not stay angry^(F) forever
    but delight to show mercy.^(G)

¹² Therefore because of you,
    Zion will be plowed like a field,
Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble,^(A)
    the temple^(B) hill a mound overgrown with thickets.^(C)

“‘Zion^(B) will be plowed like a field,
    Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble,^(C)
    the temple hill^(D) a mound overgrown with thickets.’^[a](E)

¹¹ “I will make Jerusalem a heap^(A) of ruins,
    a haunt of jackals;^(B)
and I will lay waste the towns of Judah^(C)
    so no one can live there.”^(D)

“Surely the great houses will become desolate,^(E)
    the fine mansions left without occupants.
¹⁰ A ten-acre vineyard will produce only a bath^[a] of wine;
    a homer^[b] of seed will yield only an ephah^[c] of grain.”^(F)

¹⁵ Fire resides^[a] in his tent;^(A)
    burning sulfur^(B) is scattered over his dwelling.