A Righteous King 1 RV 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 RV And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow 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 RV 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 RV The heart also 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 RV The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful. BSB BSB: No longer will a fool be called noble, nor a scoundrel be respected.
6 RV For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise profaneness, and to utter error against the LORD, 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 RV 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 RV But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and in liberal things shall he continue. BSB BSB: But a noble man makes honorable plans; he stands up for worthy causes.
The Women of Jerusalem 9 RV Rise up, ye women that are at ease, and 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 RV For days beyond a year 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 RV Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins. BSB BSB: Shudder, you ladies of leisure; tremble, you daughters of complacency. Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth around your waists.
12 RV They shall smite upon the breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine. BSB BSB: Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines,
13 RV Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; 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 RV For the palace shall be forsaken; the populous city shall be deserted; the hill and the watch-tower shall be for dens 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 RV 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 RV Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness shall abide in the fruitful field. BSB BSB: Then justice will inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field.
17 RV And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and confidence for ever. BSB BSB: The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever.
18 RV And my people shall abide 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 RV But it shall hail, in the downfall of the forest; and the city shall be utterly laid low. BSB BSB: But hail will level the forest, and the city will sink to the depths.
20 RV 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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