14. The palace and the city will be deserted,and busy towns will be empty.Wild donkeys will frolic and flocks will grazein the empty forts and watchtowers
15. until at last the Spirit is poured outon us from heaven.Then the wilderness will become a fertile field,and the fertile field will yield bountiful crops.
16. Justice will rule in the wildernessand righteousness in the fertile field.
17. And this righteousness will bring peace.Yes, it will bring quietness and confidence forever.
18. My people will live in safety, quietly at home.They will be at rest.
19. Even if the forest should be destroyedand the city torn down,
20. the lord will greatly bless his people.Wherever they plant seed, bountiful crops will spring up.Their cattle and donkeys will graze freely.