“Until the cities lie ruined^(B)
    and without inhabitant,
until the houses are left deserted^(C)
    and the fields ruined and ravaged,^(D)

¹² until the Lord has sent everyone far away^(A)
    and the land is utterly forsaken.^(B)

¹⁹ The cities in the Negev will be shut up,
    and there will be no one to open them.
All Judah^(A) will be carried into exile,
    carried completely away.

¹⁰ Writhe in agony, Daughter Zion,
    like a woman in labor,
for now you must leave the city
    to camp in the open field.
You will go to Babylon;^(A)
    there you will be rescued.
There the Lord will redeem^(B) you
    out of the hand of your enemies.