1Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice.Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in justice.Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in justice.2Each will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land.A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the storm, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a large rock in a weary land.And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.And a man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a weary land.3Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen.The eyes of those who see will not be dim, and the ears of those who hear will listen.And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.4The mind of the rash will know and understand, and the stammering tongue will speak clearly and fluently.The heart of the rash will understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers will be ready to speak plainly.The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.And the heart of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.5No longer will a fool be called noble, nor a scoundrel be respected.The fool will no longer be called noble, nor the scoundrel be highly respected.The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.The fool shall be no more called noble, nor the churl said to be bountiful.6For a fool speaks foolishness; his mind plots iniquity. He practices ungodliness and speaks falsely about the LORD; he leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink.For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice profanity, and to utter error against Yahweh, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the Lord, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise profaneness, and to utter error against Jehovah, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.7The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.The ways of the scoundrel are evil. He devises wicked plans to destroy the humble with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.And the instruments of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the meek with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.8But a noble man makes honorable plans; he stands up for worthy causes.But the noble devises noble things, and he will continue in noble things.But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.But the noble deviseth noble things; and in noble things shall he continue.9Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters.Rise up, you women who are at ease! Hear my voice! You careless daughters, give ear to my speech!Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.Rise up, ye women that are at ease, and hear my voice; ye careless daughters, give ear unto my speech.10In a little more than a year you will tremble, O secure ones. For the grape harvest will fail and the fruit harvest will not arrive.For days beyond a year you will be troubled, you careless women; for the vintage will fail. The harvest won’t come.Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.For days beyond a year shall ye be troubled, ye careless women; for the vintage shall fail, the ingathering shall not come.11Shudder, you ladies of leisure; tremble, you daughters of complacency. Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth around your waists.Tremble, you women who are at ease! Be troubled, you careless ones! Strip yourselves, make yourselves naked, and put sackcloth on your waist.Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones; strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.12Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines,Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.They shall smite upon the breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.13and for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers—even for every house of merriment in this city of revelry.Thorns and briers will come up on my people’s land; yes, on all the houses of joy in the joyous city.Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city.14For the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become caves forever—the delight of wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks—For the palace will be forsaken. The populous city will be deserted. The hill and the watchtower will be for dens forever, a delight for wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks,Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;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;15until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. Then the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.until the Spirit is poured on us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is considered a forest.Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.until the Spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness become a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be esteemed as a forest.16Then justice will inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field.Then justice will dwell in the wilderness; and righteousness will remain in the fruitful field.Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.Then justice shall dwell in the wilderness; and righteousness shall abide in the fruitful field.17The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever.The work of righteousness will be peace, and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever.And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence for ever.18Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place, in safe and secure places of rest.My people will live in a peaceful habitation, in safe dwellings, and in quiet resting places,And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;And my people shall abide in a peaceable habitation, and in safe dwellings, and in quiet resting-places.19But hail will level the forest, and the city will sink to the depths.though hail flattens the forest, and the city is leveled completely.When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.But it shall hail in the downfall of the forest; and the city shall be utterly laid low.20Blessed are those who sow beside abundant waters, who let the ox and donkey range freely.Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, who send out the feet of the ox and the donkey.Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth the feet of the ox and the ass.
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