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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4The mind of the rash will know and understand, and the stammering tongue will speak clearly and fluently. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5No longer will a fool be called noble, nor a scoundrel be respected. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8But a noble man makes honorable plans; he stands up for worthy causes. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Shudder, you ladies of leisure; tremble, you daughters of complacency. Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth around your waists. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines, |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13and for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers—even for every house of merriment in this city of revelry. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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— |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Then justice will inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place, in safe and secure places of rest. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19But hail will level the forest, and the city will sink to the depths. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20Blessed are those who sow beside abundant waters, who let the ox and donkey range freely. |
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