¹³ for the ground of my people
growing thorns and briars,^(A)
indeed, for every joyous house in the jubilant city.
¹⁴ For the palace will be deserted,
the busy city abandoned.
The hill and the watchtower will become
barren places for ever,
the joy of wild donkeys,
and a pasture for flocks,

¹⁵ Although he flourishes among his brothers,^[a](A)
an east wind will come,^(B)
a wind from the Lord rising up from the desert.
His water source will fail,
and his spring will run dry.^(C)
The wind^[b] will plunder the treasury^(D)
of every precious item.