A Righteous King 1 DBY Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment. BSB BSB: Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice.
2 DBY And a man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the storm; as brooks of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty 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 DBY And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken; BSB BSB: Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen.
4 DBY and the heart of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly. BSB BSB: The mind of the rash will know and understand, and the stammering tongue will speak clearly and fluently.
5 DBY The vile man shall be no more called noble, nor the churl said to be bountiful: BSB BSB: No longer will a fool be called noble, nor a scoundrel be respected.
6 DBY for the vile man will speak villainy, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against Jehovah, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. 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 DBY The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the meek with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right. 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 DBY But the noble deviseth noble things; and to noble things doth he stand. BSB BSB: But a noble man makes honorable plans; he stands up for worthy causes.
The Women of Jerusalem 9 DBY Rise up, ye women that are at ease, hear my voice; ye careless daughters, give ear unto my speech. BSB BSB: Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters.
10 DBY In a year and some days shall ye be troubled, ye careless women; for the vintage shall fail, the ingathering shall not come. 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 DBY Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones; strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth on your loins! BSB BSB: Shudder, you ladies of leisure; tremble, you daughters of complacency. Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth around your waists.
12 DBY They shall smite on the breasts in lamentation for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vineyards. BSB BSB: Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines,
13 DBY Upon the land of my people shall come up thistles and briars, yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city. 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 DBY For the palace shall be deserted, the multitude of the city shall be forsaken; hill and watchtower shall be caves for ever, a joy of wild asses, a 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 DBY until the Spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness become a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for 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 DBY And judgment shall inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness dwell in the fruitful field. BSB BSB: Then justice will inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field.
17 DBY And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance for ever. BSB BSB: The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever.
18 DBY And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting-places. BSB BSB: Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place, in safe and secure places of rest.
19 DBY And it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place. BSB BSB: But hail will level the forest, and the city will sink to the depths.
20 DBY Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth the feet of the ox and the ass. BSB BSB: Blessed are those who sow beside abundant waters, who let the ox and donkey range freely.
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