will become bare fields, or wasteland, “forever” (Heb. ’ad-’olam, which may mean “for a long time”; and as the next v. shows, it is not “forever”). The deserted fields will be a joy only to wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks of sheep and goats, probably brought in by neighboring Bedouin tribes. 15till the Spirit is poured upon us from on high, and the desert becomes a fertile field, and the fertile field seems like a forest. The results of God’s