5:6 I will make it a wasteland;
no one will prune its vines or hoe its ground, 1
and thorns and briers will grow there.
I will order the clouds
not to drop any rain on it.
5:9 The Lord who commands armies told me this: 2
“Many houses will certainly become desolate,
large, impressive houses will have no one living in them. 3
1 tn Heb “it will not be pruned or hoed” (so NASB); ASV and NRSV both similar.
2 tn Heb “in my ears, the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, the Lord of hosts].”
3 tn Heb “great and good [houses], without a resident.”