the noisy city deserted;
citadel and watchtower will become a wasteland forever,
the delight of donkeys, a pasture for flocks,
till the Spirit is poured on us from on high,
and the desert becomes a fertile field,
and the fertile field seems like a forest.
The Lord’s justice will dwell in the desert,
his righteousness live in the fertile field. (Isaiah 32:14-16)
Doom and gloom is announced again and again in Isaiah's prophecy. Promise and hope are announced again and again, too. In these verses there is a tight pairing. Citadel and watchtower will become wasteland forever! But when Spirit comes justice, righteousness, and fertility will live! The juxtaposition takes my breath away, and why not? The Spirit of God is the Breath of God...
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