Behold, a king shall reign
in righteousness
, and princes
shall rule
in judgment
.
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 the eyes of them that see
shall not be dim
, and the ears
of them that hear
shall hearken
.
The heart also of the rash
shall understand
knowledge
, and the tongue
of the stammerers
shall be ready
to speak
plainly
.
The vile person shall be no more called
liberal
, nor the churl
said
to be bountiful
.
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
.
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
.
But the liberal deviseth
liberal things
; and by liberal things
shall he stand
.
Rise up, ye women
that are at ease
; hear
my voice
, ye careless
daughters
; give ear
unto my speech
.
Many days and years
shall ye be troubled
, ye careless women
: for the vintage
shall fail
, the gathering
shall not come
.
Tremble, ye women that are at ease
; be troubled
, ye careless ones
: strip
you, and make you bare
, and gird
sackcloth upon your loins
.
They shall lament for the teats
, for the pleasant
fields
, for the fruitful
vine
.
Upon the land of my people
shall come up
thorns
and briers
; yea, upon all the houses
of joy
in the joyous
city
:
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
;
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
.
Then judgment shall dwell
in the wilderness
, and righteousness
remain
in the fruitful field
.
And the work of righteousness
shall be peace
; and the effect
of righteousness
quietness
and assurance
for
ever
.
And my people shall dwell
in a peaceable
habitation
, and in sure
dwellings
, and in quiet
resting places
;
When it shall hail, coming down
on the forest
; and the city
shall be low
in a low place
.
Blessed are ye that sow
beside all waters
, that send forth
thither the feet
of the ox
and the ass
.