1Behold, a king4428 shall reign4427 in righteousness6664, and princes8269 shall rule8323 in judgment4941.
2And a man376 shall be as an hiding place4224 from the wind7307, and a covert5643 from the tempest2230; as rivers6388 of water4325 in a dry place6724, as the shadow6738 of a great3515 rock5553 in a weary5889 land776.
3And the eyes5869 of them that see7200 shall not be dim8159, and the ears241 of them that hear8085 shall hearken7181.
4The heart3824 also of the rash4116 shall understand995 knowledge1847, and the tongue3956 of the stammerers5926 shall be ready4116 to speak1696 plainly6703.
5The vile person5036 shall be no more called7121 liberal5081, nor the churl3596 said559 to be bountiful7771.
6For the vile person5036 will speak1696 villany5039, and his heart3820 will work6213 iniquity205, to practise6213 hypocrisy2612, and to utter1696 error8442 against the LORD3068, to make empty7324 the soul5315 of the hungry7457, and he will cause the drink4945 of the thirsty6771 to fail2637.
7The instruments3627 also of the churl3596 are evil7451: he deviseth3289 wicked devices2154 to destroy2254 the poor6041 6035 with lying8267 words561, even when the needy34 speaketh1696 right4941.
8But the liberal5081 deviseth3289 liberal things5081; and by liberal things5081 shall he stand6965.
9Rise up6965, ye women802 that are at ease7600; hear8085 my voice6963, ye careless982 daughters1323; give ear238 unto my speech565.
10Many days3117 and years8141 shall ye be troubled7264, ye careless women982: for the vintage1210 shall fail3615, the gathering625 shall not come935.
11Tremble2729, ye women that are at ease7600; be troubled7264, ye careless ones982: strip6584 you, and make you bare6209, and gird2290 sackcloth upon your loins2504.
12They shall lament5594 for the teats7699, for the pleasant2531 fields7704, for the fruitful6509 vine1612.
13Upon the land127 of my people5971 shall come up5927 thorns6975 and briers8068; yea, upon all the houses1004 of joy4885 in the joyous5947 city7151:
14Because the palaces759 shall be forsaken5203; the multitude1995 of the city5892 shall be left5800; the forts6076 and towers975 shall be for dens4631 for5704 ever5769, a joy4885 of wild asses6501, a pasture4829 of flocks5739;
15Until the spirit7307 be poured6168 upon us from on high4791, and the wilderness4057 be a fruitful field3759, and the fruitful field3759 be counted2803 for a forest3293.
16Then judgment4941 shall dwell7931 in the wilderness4057, and righteousness6666 remain3427 in the fruitful field3759.
17And the work4639 of righteousness6666 shall be peace7965; and the effect5656 of righteousness6666 quietness8252 and assurance983 for5704 ever5769.
18And my people5971 shall dwell3427 in a peaceable7965 habitation5116, and in sure4009 dwellings4908, and in quiet7600 resting places4496;
19When it shall hail1258, coming down3381 on the forest3293; and the city5892 shall be low8213 in a low place8218.
20Blessed835 are ye that sow2232 beside all waters4325, that send forth7971 thither the feet7272 of the ox7794 and the ass2543.