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A Righteous King
Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.
Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.
The Kingdom of Righteousness
See, a king will reign in righteousness
and rulers will rule with justice.
See, a king will reign in righteousness
and rulers will rule with justice.
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.
Each one will be like a shelter from the wind
and a refuge from the storm,
like streams of water in the desert
and the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land.
and a refuge from the storm,
like streams of water in the desert
and the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land.
And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken;
Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed,
and the ears of those who hear will listen.
and the ears of those who hear will listen.
and the heart of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.
The fearful heart will know and understand,
and the stammering tongue will be fluent and clear.
and the stammering tongue will be fluent and clear.
The vile man shall be no more called noble, nor the churl said to be bountiful:
No longer will the fool be called noble
nor the scoundrel be highly respected.
nor the scoundrel be highly respected.
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.
For fools speak folly,
their hearts are bent on evil:
They practice ungodliness
and spread error concerning the Lord;
the hungry they leave empty
and from the thirsty they withhold water.
their hearts are bent on evil:
They practice ungodliness
and spread error concerning the Lord;
the hungry they leave empty
and from the thirsty they withhold water.
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.
Scoundrels use wicked methods,
they make up evil schemes
to destroy the poor with lies,
even when the plea of the needy is just.
they make up evil schemes
to destroy the poor with lies,
even when the plea of the needy is just.
But the noble deviseth noble things; and to noble things doth he stand.
But the noble make noble plans,
and by noble deeds they stand.
and by noble deeds they stand.
The Women of Jerusalem
Rise up, ye women that are at ease, hear my voice; ye careless daughters, give ear unto my speech.
Rise up, ye women that are at ease, hear my voice; ye careless daughters, give ear unto my speech.
The Women of Jerusalem
You women who are so complacent,
rise up and listen to me;
you daughters who feel secure,
hear what I have to say!
You women who are so complacent,
rise up and listen to me;
you daughters who feel secure,
hear what I have to say!
In a year and [some] days shall ye be troubled, ye careless women; for the vintage shall fail, the ingathering shall not come.
In little more than a year
you who feel secure will tremble;
the grape harvest will fail,
and the harvest of fruit will not come.
you who feel secure will tremble;
the grape harvest will fail,
and the harvest of fruit will not come.
Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones; strip you, and make you bare, and gird [sackcloth] on your loins!
Tremble, you complacent women;
shudder, you daughters who feel secure!
Strip off your fine clothes
and wrap yourselves in rags.
shudder, you daughters who feel secure!
Strip off your fine clothes
and wrap yourselves in rags.
They shall smite on the breasts [in lamentation] for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vineyards.
Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields,
for the fruitful vines
for the fruitful vines
Upon the land of my people shall come up thistles [and] briars, yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city.
and for the land of my people,
a land overgrown with thorns and briers —
yes, mourn for all houses of merriment
and for this city of revelry.
a land overgrown with thorns and briers —
yes, mourn for all houses of merriment
and for this city of revelry.
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;
The fortress will be abandoned,
the noisy city deserted;
citadel and watchtower will become a wasteland forever,
the delight of donkeys, a pasture for flocks,
the noisy city deserted;
citadel and watchtower will become a wasteland forever,
the delight of donkeys, a pasture for flocks,
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.
till the Spirit is poured on us from on high,
and the desert becomes a fertile field,
and the fertile field seems like a forest.
and the desert becomes a fertile field,
and the fertile field seems like a forest.
And judgment shall inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness dwell in the fruitful field.
The Lord’s justice will dwell in the desert,
his righteousness live in the fertile field.
his righteousness live in the fertile field.
And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance for ever.
The fruit of that righteousness will be peace;
its effect will be quietness and confidence forever.
its effect will be quietness and confidence forever.
And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting-places.
My people will live in peaceful dwelling places,
in secure homes,
in undisturbed places of rest.
in secure homes,
in undisturbed places of rest.
And it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.
Though hail flattens the forest
and the city is leveled completely,
and the city is leveled completely,