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Israel’s Ultimate Deliverance
Look, a righteous king is coming!
And honest princes will rule under him.
Look, a righteous king is coming!
And honest princes will rule under him.
A King Will Reign in Righteousness
Behold, a king will reign in righteousness,
and princes will rule in justice.
Behold, a king will reign in righteousness,
and princes will rule in justice.
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 parched land.
and a refuge from the storm,
like streams of water in the desert
and the shadow of a great rock in a parched land.
Each will be like a hiding place from the wind,
a shelter from the storm,
like streams of water in a dry place,
like the shade of a great rock in a weary land.
a shelter from the storm,
like streams of water in a dry place,
like the shade of a great rock in a weary land.
Then everyone who has eyes will be able to see the truth,
and everyone who has ears will be able to hear it.
and everyone who has ears will be able to hear it.
Then the eyes of those who see will not be closed,
and the ears of those who hear will give attention.
and the ears of those who hear will give attention.
Even the hotheads will be full of sense and understanding.
Those who stammer will speak out plainly.
Those who stammer will speak out plainly.
The heart of the hasty will understand and know,
and the tongue of the stammerers will hasten to speak distinctly.
and the tongue of the stammerers will hasten to speak distinctly.
In that day ungodly fools will not be heroes.
Scoundrels will not be respected.
Scoundrels will not be respected.
The fool will no more be called noble,
nor the scoundrel said to be honorable.
nor the scoundrel said to be honorable.
For fools speak foolishness
and make evil plans.
They practice ungodliness
and spread false teachings about the LORD.
They deprive the hungry of food
and give no water to the thirsty.
and make evil plans.
They practice ungodliness
and spread false teachings about the LORD.
They deprive the hungry of food
and give no water to the thirsty.
For the fool speaks folly,
and his heart is busy with iniquity,
to practice ungodliness,
to utter error concerning the Lord,
to leave the craving of the hungry unsatisfied,
and to deprive the thirsty of drink.
and his heart is busy with iniquity,
to practice ungodliness,
to utter error concerning the Lord,
to leave the craving of the hungry unsatisfied,
and to deprive the thirsty of drink.
The smooth tricks of scoundrels are evil.
They plot crooked schemes.
They lie to convict the poor,
even when the cause of the poor is just.
They plot crooked schemes.
They lie to convict the poor,
even when the cause of the poor is just.
As for the scoundrel — his devices are evil;
he plans wicked schemes
to ruin the poor with lying words,
even when the plea of the needy is right.
he plans wicked schemes
to ruin the poor with lying words,
even when the plea of the needy is right.
But generous people plan to do what is generous,
and they stand firm in their generosity.
and they stand firm in their generosity.
But he who is noble plans noble things,
and on noble things he stands.
and on noble things he stands.
Listen, you women who lie around in ease.
Listen to me, you who are so smug.
Listen to me, you who are so smug.
Complacent Women Warned of Disaster
Rise up, you women who are at ease, hear my voice;
you complacent daughters, give ear to my speech.
Rise up, you women who are at ease, hear my voice;
you complacent daughters, give ear to my speech.
In a short time — just a little more than a year —
you careless ones will suddenly begin to care.
For your fruit crops will fail,
and the harvest will never take place.
you careless ones will suddenly begin to care.
For your fruit crops will fail,
and the harvest will never take place.
In little more than a year
you will shudder, you complacent women;
for the grape harvest fails,
the fruit harvest will not come.
you will shudder, you complacent women;
for the grape harvest fails,
the fruit harvest will not come.
Tremble, you women of ease;
throw off your complacency.
Strip off your pretty clothes,
and put on burlap to show your grief.
throw off your complacency.
Strip off your pretty clothes,
and put on burlap to show your grief.
Tremble, you women who are at ease,
shudder, you complacent ones;
strip, and make yourselves bare,
and tie sackcloth around your waist.
shudder, you complacent ones;
strip, and make yourselves bare,
and tie sackcloth around your waist.
Beat your breasts in sorrow for your bountiful farms
and your fruitful grapevines.
and your fruitful grapevines.
Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields,
for the fruitful vine,
for the fruitful vine,
For your land will be overgrown with thorns and briers.
Your joyful homes and happy towns will be gone.
Your joyful homes and happy towns will be gone.
for the soil of my people
growing up in thorns and briers,
yes, for all the joyous houses
in the exultant city.
growing up in thorns and briers,
yes, for all the joyous houses
in the exultant city.
For the palace is forsaken,
the populous city deserted;
the hill and the watchtower
will become dens forever,
a joy of wild donkeys,
a pasture of flocks;
the populous city deserted;
the hill and the watchtower
will become dens forever,
a joy of wild donkeys,
a pasture of flocks;
until at last the Spirit is poured out
on us from heaven.
Then the wilderness will become a fertile field,
and the fertile field will yield bountiful crops.
on us from heaven.
Then the wilderness will become a fertile field,
and the fertile field will yield bountiful crops.
until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high,
and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field,
and the fruitful field is deemed a forest.
and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field,
and the fruitful field is deemed a forest.
Justice will rule in the wilderness
and righteousness in the fertile field.
and righteousness in the fertile field.
Then justice will dwell in the wilderness,
and righteousness abide in the fruitful field.
and righteousness abide in the fruitful field.
And this righteousness will bring peace.
Yes, it will bring quietness and confidence forever.
Yes, it will bring quietness and confidence forever.
My people will live in safety, quietly at home.
They will be at rest.
They will be at rest.
My people will abide in a peaceful habitation,
in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.
in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.
Even if the forest should be destroyed
and the city torn down,
and the city torn down,
And it will hail when the forest falls down,
and the city will be utterly laid low.
and the city will be utterly laid low.