The dry and empty land will be farmed again. Everyone who passes through it will see that it is no longer empty.

过路的人虽看为荒废之地，现今这荒废之地仍得耕种。

这荒芜的土地，曾被过路的人看为荒芜，现今却得以耕种。

这荒芜的土地，曾被过路的人看为荒芜，现今却得以耕种。

荒凉之地必有人耕种，路人再也看不见荒地。

从前所有路过的人都看为荒凉之地，现在却必再可以耕种。

過路的人雖看為荒廢之地，現今這荒廢之地仍得耕種。

這荒蕪的土地，曾被過路的人看為荒蕪，現今卻得以耕種。

這荒蕪的土地，曾被過路的人看為荒蕪，現今卻得以耕種。

荒涼之地必有人耕種，路人再也看不見荒地。

從前所有路過的人都看為荒涼之地，現在卻必再可以耕種。

在所有過路之人眼中看來、這地雖然荒涼，但這荒涼之地必仍得耕種。

荒寂之地、過者目睹、必復耕耘、

斯土荒蕪、過者所目睹、今必復耕耘、

荒蕪之地、即自昔為荒蕪、凡經過之人所目睹、今必復耕耘、

The desolate land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass through it.

And the land that was desolate shall be tilled, instead of being the desolation that it was in the sight of all who passed by.

The fields that used to lie empty and desolate in plain view of everyone will again be farmed.

The desolate land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in the sight of everyone who passes by.

The desolated land will be cultivated instead of being a desolation in the sight of everyone who passes by.

The desolate land shall be tilled instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass by.

And the land that was desolate shall be tilled, whereas it was a desolation in the sight of all that passed by.

The desolate land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in the sight of everyone who passes by.

And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by.

The desolate land will be plowed, instead of being desolate in the sight of everyone who passes by.

The land that was desolate will be tilled instead of being a desolation in the sight of all who passed by.

I will reach out my powerful hand against them. The land will become dry and empty. Those people will live from the desert all the way to Diblah. They will know that I am the Lord.”

So I will send for all the nations in the north. And I will send for my servant Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon,’ announces the Lord.‘ I will bring all of them against this land and against you who live here. They will march out against all the nations that are around this land. I will set apart Judah and the nations around it in a special way to be destroyed. People will be shocked because of them. And they will make fun of them. Those nations will be destroyed forever.I will put an end to the sounds of joy and gladness. I will put an end to the voices of brides and grooms. The sound of grinding millstones will not be heard anymore. And lamps will not be lit anymore.This whole country will become dry and empty. And these nations will serve the king of Babylon for 70 years.

The whole land will be burned up. Nothing but salt and sulfur will be left. Nothing will be planted there. Nothing will grow there. In fact, nothing will even start to grow there. The land will be like Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboyim after they were destroyed. The Lord wiped out those cities because he was very angry.All the nations will ask,“ Why has the Lord done this to the land? What could have made him so very angry?”And they will hear the answer,“ It’s because the people living there have broken the covenant of the Lord. He’s the God of their people of long ago. He made that covenant with them when he brought them out of Egypt.They went off and worshiped other gods. They bowed down to them. They hadn’t known anything about those gods before. The Lord hadn’t given those gods to them.So the Lord became very angry with this land. He brought on it all the curses written down in this book.The Lord’ s anger blazed out against his people. So he pulled them up out of their land. He threw them into another land. And that’s where they are now.”

The land of Israel enjoyed its sabbath years. It rested. That deserted land wasn’t farmed for a full 70 years. What the Lord had spoken through Jeremiah came true.