For the palace shall be forsaken; the populous city shall be deserted; the hill and the watch-tower shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;
For whi þe hous is left, þe multitude of þe citee is forsakun; derknessis and gropyng ben maad on dennes, til in to with outen ende. Þe ioie of wield assis is þe lesewe of flockis;