Now in that daya manmay keepalivea heiferand a pairof sheep;
"Those who are mosthelplesswill eat,And the needywill liedownin security;I will destroyyour rootwith famine,And it will killoff your survivors.
"The citiesof Aroerare forsaken;They will be for flocksto liedownin, And therewill be nooneto frighten[them].
For the fortifiedcityis isolated,A homesteadforlornand forsakenlike the desert;Therethe calfwill graze,And thereit will liedownand feedon its branches.
The wildernessand the desertwill be glad,And the Arabahwill rejoiceand blossom;Like the crocus
"Then thisshall be the signfor you: you will eatthis yearwhatgrowsof itself, in the secondyearwhatspringsfrom the same, and in the thirdyearsow,reap,plantvineyardsand eattheir fruit.
Then the lambswill grazeas in their pasture,And strangerswill eatin the wasteplacesof the wealthy.
As for allthe hillswhichused to be cultivatedwith the hoe,you will not gotherefor fearof briarsand thorns;but they will becomea placefor pasturingoxenand for sheepto trample.
But someof the poorestpeoplewhohadnothing,Nebuzaradanthe captainof the bodyguardleftbehindin the landof Judah,and gavethem vineyardsand fieldsat that time.
