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)

¹⁵ All who pass your way
    clap their hands at you;^(A)
they scoff^(B) and shake their heads^(C)
    at Daughter Jerusalem:^(D)
“Is this the city that was called
    the perfection of beauty,^(E)
    the joy of the whole earth?”^(F)

¹⁶ All your enemies open their mouths
    wide against you;^(G)
they scoff and gnash their teeth^(H)
    and say, “We have swallowed her up.^(I)
This is the day we have waited for;
    we have lived to see it.”^(J)

¹² They will come and shout for joy^(A) on the heights^(B) of Zion;
    they will rejoice in the bounty^(C) of the Lord—
the grain, the new wine and the olive oil,^(D)
    the young of the flocks^(E) and herds.
They will be like a well-watered garden,^(F)
    and they will sorrow^(G) no more.
¹³ Then young women will dance and be glad,
    young men and old as well.
I will turn their mourning^(H) into gladness;
    I will give them comfort^(I) and joy^(J) instead of sorrow.

“‘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)

¹⁰     and those the Lord has rescued^(A) will return.
They will enter Zion with singing;^(B)
    everlasting joy^(C) will crown their heads.
Gladness^(D) and joy will overtake them,
    and sorrow and sighing will flee away.^(E)