1 GLT Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule in justice. BSB BSB: Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice.
2 GLT And each will be like a shelter{ from} the wind and a refuge{ from} the storm, like streams of water in the desert, like the shade of a great rock in a weary 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 GLT Then the eyes of onlookers will not be dim, and the ears of hearers 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 GLT And the heart of the hasty will understand knowledge, and the tongue of stutterers will hasten to speak clearly. BSB BSB: The mind of the rash will know and understand, and the stammering tongue will speak clearly and fluently.
5 GLT The fool will no longer be called honorable, and will not be said of the deceiver“noble.” BSB BSB: No longer will a fool be called noble, nor a scoundrel be respected.
6 GLT For the fool speaks folly, and his heart does sin. Doing wickedness, and speaking error against Yahweh. He makes the hungry appetite empty, and the thirsty he causes to lack drink. 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 GLT And the deceiver, his methods{ are} evil. He plans wickedness to ruin the poor with sayings of falsehood, even when the poor speak justice. 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 GLT But the honorable plans noble deeds; and he, because of noble deeds, will stand. BSB BSB: But a noble man makes honorable plans; he stands up for worthy causes.
9 GLT Haughty women, rise up, listen to my voice; carefree daughters, give ear to my words. BSB BSB: Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters.
10 GLT { In just} days upon a year, confidence will falter, for the grape harvest is ended; the harvest will 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 GLT Tremble, haughty{ women}; quake, confident ones; strip and bare yourselves; and gird{ sackcloth} on{ your} waists. BSB BSB: Shudder, you ladies of leisure; tremble, you daughters of complacency. Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth around your waists.
12 GLT Beat on{ your} breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines. BSB BSB: Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines,
13 GLT On the land of my people are overgrown thorns{ and} briers, even in all the joyful houses of the city of revelry. 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 GLT For the palace will be forsaken, the crowded city will be deserted; the hill and the watchtower will one after another become caves to eternity, a delight of wild donkeys, 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 GLT until the Spirit is poured on us from on high, and the wilderness becomes an orchard, and the orchard is 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 GLT Then justice will reside in the wilderness; and righteousness will live in the orchard. BSB BSB: Then justice will inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field.
17 GLT And the work of righteousness will be peace; and the service of righteousness, quietness and confidence to eternity. BSB BSB: The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever.
18 GLT And my people will live in a peaceful habitation and in secure homes, and in quiet resting places. BSB BSB: Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place, in safe and secure places of rest.
19 GLT And it will hail when the forest comes down, and the city will be completely annihilated. BSB BSB: But hail will level the forest, and the city will sink to the depths.
20 GLT You{ will be} blessed, who sow beside every stream, who send out freely the ox and the donkey. BSB BSB: Blessed are those who sow beside abundant waters, who let the ox and donkey range freely.
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