Behold, a king
shall reign
in righteousness,
and princes
shall rule
in judgment.
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.
And the eyes
of them that see
shall not be dim,
and the ears
of them that hear
shall hearken.
The heart
also of the rash
shall understand
knowledge,
and the tongue
of the stammerers
shall be ready
to speak
plainly.
The vile person
shall be no more called
liberal,
nor the churl
said
to be bountiful.
For the vile person
will speak
villany,
and his heart
will work
iniquity,
to practise
hypocrisy,
and to utter
error
against the LORD,
to make empty
the soul
of the hungry,
and he will cause the drink
of the thirsty
to fail.
making to wander
πλάνησιν
planēsin
The instruments
also of the churl
are evil:
he deviseth
wicked devices
to destroy
the poor
with lying
words,
even when the needy
speaketh
right.
scatter
διασκεδάσαι
diaskedasai
But the liberal
deviseth
liberal things;
and by liberal things
shall he stand.
Rise up,
ye women
that are at ease;
hear
my voice,
ye careless
daughters;
give ear
unto my speech.
Many days
and years
shall ye be troubled,
ye careless women:
for the vintage
shall fail,
the gathering
shall not come.
Tremble,
ye women that are at ease;
be troubled,
ye careless ones:
strip
you, and make you bare,
and gird
sackcloth upon your loins.
They shall lament
for the teats,
for the pleasant
fields,
for the fruitful
vine.
Upon the land
of my people
shall come up
thorns
and briers;
yea, upon all the houses
of joy
in the joyous
city:
Because the palaces
shall be forsaken;
the multitude
of the city
shall be left;
the forts
and towers
shall be for dens
for
ever,
a joy
of wild asses,
a pasture
of flocks;
cravings
ἐπιθυμητοὺς
epithymētous
that which is fed
βοσκήματα
boskēmata
Until the spirit
be poured
upon us from on high,
and the wilderness
be a fruitful field,
and the fruitful field
be counted
for a forest.
Then judgment
shall dwell
in the wilderness,
and righteousness
remain
in the fruitful field.
And the work
of righteousness
shall be peace;
and the effect
of righteousness
quietness
and assurance
for
ever.
And my people
shall dwell
in a peaceable
habitation,
and in sure
dwellings,
and in quiet
resting places;
When it shall hail,
coming down
on the forest;
and the city
shall be low
in a low place.
Blessed
are ye that sow
beside all waters,
that send forth
thither the feet
of the ox
and the ass.
