26 Or “noisy” (, , ).
27 Hebrew עֹפֶל (’ofel), probably refers here to a specific area within the city of Jerusalem. See II עֹפֶל.
28 The Hebrew text has בְעַד מְעָרוֹת (vé’ad mé’arot). The force of בְעַד, which usually means “behind, through, round about,” or “for the benefit of,” is uncertain here. *מְעָרָה takes מְעָרוֹת (mé’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.
29 Heb “the joy of wild donkeys, a pasture for flocks.”

In other versions

For the palace is forsaken,

the populous city deserted;

the hill and the watchtower

will become dens forever,

a joy of wild donkeys,

a pasture of flocks;

The fortress will be abandoned,

the noisy city deserted;

citadel and watchtower will become a wasteland forever,

the delight of donkeys, a pasture for flocks,

For the palace will be deserted,

the busy city abandoned.

The hill and the watchtower will become

barren places forever,

the joy of wild donkeys,

and a pasture for flocks,

The palace and the city will be deserted,

and busy towns will be empty.

Wild donkeys will frolic and flocks will graze

in the empty forts and watchtowers

For the palace will be forsaken,

the crowded city deserted;

the hill and the watchtower will become a cave forever,

the joy of wild asses, a pasture for flocks.

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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