Isaiah 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 

2Ki 25:9; Isa 5:9; Isa 13:19-22; Isa 24:1-3,10,12; Isa 25:2; Isa 27:10; Isa 34:11-17; Lu 21:20,24; Re 18:2,3

¹ tn Or “noisy” (NAB, NIV, NCV).

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

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.

⁴ tn Heb “the joy of wild donkeys, a pasture for flocks.”