^{33 Ref} Thus said the Lord Jehovah: In the day of My cleansing you from all your iniquities, I have caused the cities to be inhabited, And the wastes have been built,

^{34 Ref} And the desolate land is tilled, Instead of which it was a desolation before the eyes of every passer by,

^{35 Ref} And they have said: This land, that was desolated, Hath been as the garden of Eden, And the cities -- the wasted, And the desolated, and the broken down, Fenced places have remained.