¹⁸ Because of Mount Zion which is ^(A)desolate,
With foxes walking about on it.

¹² Therefore because of you
Zion shall be ^(A)plowed like a field,
^(B)Jerusalem shall become heaps of ruins,
And ^(C)the mountain of the ^[a]temple
Like the bare hills of the forest.

³ O My mountain in the field,
I will give as plunder your wealth, all your treasures,
And your high places of sin within all your borders.

^13 (A)On the land of my people will come up thorns and briers,
Yes, on all the happy homes in ^(B)the joyous city;
^14 (C)Because the palaces will be forsaken,
The bustling city will be deserted.
The forts and towers will become lairs forever,
A joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks—

² Remember Your congregation, which You have purchased of old,
The tribe of Your inheritance, which You have redeemed—
This Mount Zion where You have dwelt.
³ Lift up Your feet to the perpetual desolations.
The enemy has damaged everything in the sanctuary.