Isaiah 32:
- See, a king will reign in righteousness and rulers will rule with justice.
- Each man will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in the desert and the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land.
- Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen.
- The mind of the rash will know and understand, and the stammering tongue will be fluent and clear.
- No longer will the fool be called noble nor the scoundrel be highly respected.
- For the fool speaks folly, his mind is busy with evil: He practices ungodliness and spreads error concerning the LORD ; the hungry he leaves empty and from the thirsty he withholds water.
- The scoundrel's methods are wicked, he makes up evil schemes to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.
- But the noble man makes noble plans, and by noble deeds he stands. The Women of Jerusalem
- You women who are so complacent, rise up and listen to me; you daughters who feel secure, hear what I have to say!
- In little more than a year you who feel secure will tremble; the grape harvest will fail, and the harvest of fruit will not come.
- Tremble, you complacent women; shudder, you daughters who feel secure! Strip off your clothes, put sackcloth around your waists.
- Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines
- and for the land of my people, a land overgrown with thorns and briers- yes, mourn for all houses of merriment and for this city of revelry.
- The fortress will be abandoned, the noisy city deserted; citadel and watchtower will become a wasteland forever, the delight of donkeys, a pasture for flocks,
- till the Spirit is poured upon us from on high, and the desert becomes a fertile field, and the fertile field seems like a forest.
- Justice will dwell in the desert and righteousness live in the fertile field.
- The fruit of righteousness will be peace; the effect of righteousness will be quietness and confidence forever.
- My people will live in peaceful dwelling places, in secure homes, in undisturbed places of rest.
- Though hail flattens the forest and the city is leveled completely,
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