Isa 32:14 | NETfull | STEP | For the fortress is neglected; the once-crowded city is abandoned. Hill and watchtower are permanently uninhabited. Wild donkeys love to go there, and flocks graze there.

Isaiah 32:14

14 For the fortress is neglected;
the once-crowded ^{▼▼ Or “noisy” (NAB, NIV, NCV).} city is abandoned.
Hill ^{▼▼ Hebrew עֹפֶל (’ofel), probably refers here to a specific area within the city of Jerusalem. See HALOT 861 s.v. II עֹפֶל.} and watchtower
are permanently uninhabited. ^{▼▼ The Hebrew text has בְעַד מְעָרוֹת (v^e’ad m^e’arot). The force of בְעַד, which usually means “behind, through, round about,” or “for the benefit of,” is uncertain here. HALOT 616 s.v. *מְעָרָה takes מְעָרוֹת (m^e’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.}
Wild donkeys love to go there,
and flocks graze there. ^{▼▼ Heb “the joy of wild donkeys, a pasture for flocks.”}