A moment in scripture
Isaiah 32:14
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Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;
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The surrounding passage
- Isaiah 32:12
They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
- Isaiah 32:13
Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:
- Isaiah 32:15
Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
- Isaiah 32:16
Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.