25 As for all the hills(A) once cultivated by the hoe, you will no longer go there for fear of the briers and thorns;(B) they will become places where cattle are turned loose and where sheep run.(C)

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25 And to any hill which could be dug with the hoe,
You will not go there for fear of briers and thorns;
But it will become a range for oxen
And a place for sheep to roam.

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The cities of Aroer(A) will be deserted
    and left to flocks,(B) which will lie down,(C)
    with no one to make them afraid.(D)

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[a]The cities of (A)Aroer are forsaken;
They will be for flocks
Which lie down, and (B)no one will make them afraid.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 17:2 So with MT, Vg.; LXX It shall be forsaken forever; Tg. Its cities shall be forsaken and desolate

14 The fortress(A) will be abandoned,
    the noisy city deserted;(B)
citadel and watchtower(C) will become a wasteland forever,
    the delight of donkeys,(D) a pasture for flocks,(E)

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14 (A)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—

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The land by the sea will become pastures
    having wells for shepherds
    and pens for flocks.(A)

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The seacoast shall be pastures,
With [a]shelters for shepherds (A)and folds for flocks.

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 2:6 Underground huts or cisterns, lit. excavations

14 Flocks and herds(A) will lie down there,
    creatures of every kind.
The desert owl(B) and the screech owl(C)
    will roost on her columns.
Their hooting will echo through the windows,
    rubble will fill the doorways,
    the beams of cedar will be exposed.

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14 The herds shall lie down in her midst,
(A)Every beast of the nation.
Both the (B)pelican and the bittern
Shall lodge on the capitals of her pillars;
Their voice shall sing in the windows;
Desolation shall be at the threshold;
For He will lay bare the (C)cedar work.

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