Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.
Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings. However glorious the prospect of restoration, the Jews are not to forget the visitation on their "land" which is to intervene for the "fruit of (evil caused by) their doings" (cf. Proverbs 1:31; Isaiah 3:10-11; Jeremiah 21:14).