Yesaya 32:14

32:14 For the fortress is neglected;

the once-crowded ¹  city is abandoned.

Hill ²  and watchtower

are permanently uninhabited. ³ 

Wild donkeys love to go there,

and flocks graze there. ⁴ 

Yesaya 36:17

36:17 until I come and take you to a land just like your own – a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards.

[32:14]  ¹ tn Or “noisy” (NAB, NIV, NCV).

[32:14]  ² tn Hebrew עֹפֶל (’ofel), probably refers here to a specific area within the city of Jerusalem. See HALOT 861 s.v. II עֹפֶל.

[32:14]  ³ tn The Hebrew text has בְעַד מְעָרוֹת (vÿ’ad mÿ’arot). The force of בְעַד, which usually means “behind, through, round about,” or “for the benefit of,” is uncertain here. HALOT 616 s.v. *מְעָרָה takes מְעָרוֹת (mÿ’arot) as a homonym of “cave” and define it here as “cleared field.” Despite these lexical problems, the general point of the statement seems clear – the city will be uninhabited.

[32:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “the joy of wild donkeys, a pasture for flocks.”