A Righteous King 1 CPDV Behold, the king will reign in justice, and the princes will rule in judgment. BSB BSB: Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice.
2 CPDV And a man will be like someone hidden from the wind, who conceals himself from a storm, or like rivers of waters in a time of thirst, or like the shadow of a rock that juts out in a desert land. BSB BSB: Each 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 CPDV The eyes of those who see will not be obscured, and the ears of those who hear will listen closely. BSB BSB: Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen.
4 CPDV And the heart of the foolish will understand knowledge, and the tongue of those with impaired speech will speak quickly and plainly. BSB BSB: The mind of the rash will know and understand, and the stammering tongue will speak clearly and fluently.
5 CPDV He who is foolish will no longer be called leader, nor will the deceitful be called greater. BSB BSB: No longer will a fool be called noble, nor a scoundrel be respected.
6 CPDV For a foolish man speaks foolishness and his heart works iniquity in order to accomplish deception. And he speaks to the Lord deceitfully, so as to empty the soul of the hungry and to take away drink from the thirsty. BSB BSB: For 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 CPDV The tools of the deceitful are very wicked. For they have concocted plans to destroy the meek by lying words, though the poor speak judgment. BSB BSB: The 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 CPDV Yet truly, the prince will plan things that are worthy of a prince, and he will stand above the rulers. BSB BSB: But a noble man makes honorable plans; he stands up for worthy causes.
The Women of Jerusalem 9 CPDV You opulent women, rise up and listen to my voice! O confident daughters, play close attention to my eloquence! BSB BSB: Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters.
10 CPDV For after a year and some days, you who are confident will be disturbed. For the vintage has been completed; the gathering will no longer occur. BSB BSB: In 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 CPDV Be stupefied, you opulent women! Be disturbed, O confident ones! Strip yourselves, and be confounded; gird yourselves at the waist. BSB BSB: Shudder, you ladies of leisure; tremble, you daughters of complacency. Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth around your waists.
12 CPDV Mourn over your breasts, over the delightful country, over the fruitful vineyard. BSB BSB: Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines,
13 CPDV Thorn and brier will rise up, over the soil of my people. How much more over all the houses of gladness, over the city of exultation? BSB BSB: and for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers—even for every house of merriment in this city of revelry.
14 CPDV For the house has been forsaken. The multitude of the city has been abandoned. A darkness and a covering have been placed over its dens, even unto eternity. It will be the gladness of wild donkeys and the pasture of flocks, BSB BSB: For 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 CPDV until the Spirit is poured over us from on high. And the desert will be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field will be considered as a forest. BSB BSB: until 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 CPDV And judgment will live in solitude, and justice will be seated in a fruitful place. BSB BSB: Then justice will inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field.
17 CPDV And the work of justice will be peace. And the service of justice will be quiet and secure, forever. BSB BSB: The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever.
18 CPDV And my people will be seated in the beauty of peacefulness, and in the tabernacles of faithfulness, and in the opulence of restfulness. BSB BSB: Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place, in safe and secure places of rest.
19 CPDV But hail will be in the descent of the forest, and the city will be brought exceedingly low. BSB BSB: But hail will level the forest, and the city will sink to the depths.
20 CPDV Blessed are you who sow over any waters, sending the feet of the ox and the donkey there. BSB BSB: Blessed are those who sow beside abundant waters, who let the ox and donkey range freely.
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