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 Here Isaiah describes an event that will happen in the future as if it already happened. This emphasizes that it certainly will happen. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-pastforfuture]])
 
-# For the fortified city is desolate, the habitation is deserted and forsaken like the wilderness
+# For the fortified city is desolate, the habitation is deserted and abandoned like the wilderness
 
 This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "The cities that were strong and had many people living in them will become empty like a desert" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])