<p class="poetry">Let everything that has breath praise the <sc>Lordsc>!p> <p class="bodytext">Praise the <sc>Lordsc>!p>

The desolate land will be plowed, instead of being desolate in the sight of everyone who passes by.

They will say, &#8220;This desolate land has become like the garden of Eden; the ruined, desolate, and destroyed cities are now fortified and inhabited.&#8221;

Then the nations which remain around you will know that I, the <sc>Lord,sc> have rebuilt the ruins and replanted what was desolate. I, the <sc>Lordsc>, have spoken &#8211; and I will do it!&#8217;p>

<p class="bodytext">Joshua defeated the whole land, including the hill country, the Negev, the lowlands,<n id="1" /> the slopes, and all their kings. He left no survivors. He annihilated everything that breathed, just as the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel had commanded.