Isaiah:32

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* Behold , a king shall reign in righteousness , and rulers shall rule with justice . * And a man shall be as a hiding place from the wind , and a shelter from the tempest , like streams of water in a dry place , like the shade of a huge rock in a weary land . * And the eyes of those who see shall not be dim , and the ears of those who hear shall listen . * And the heart of the rash shall understand knowledge , and the tongue of those who stutter shall be ready to speak plainly . * The fool shall no more be called noble , nor the miser said to be bountiful . * For the fool will speak folly , and his heart will work iniquity ; to practice hypocrisy and to speak error against Jehovah , to empty the soul of the hungry , and to cause the drink of the thirsty to be lacking . * Also the implements of the scoundrel are evil ; he devises wicked plans to destroy the poor with lying words , even when the needy speaks justice . * But the noble devises noble things ; and by noble things he shall stand . * Rise up , you women who are at ease ; hear my voice , you careless daughters ; listen to my speech . * Many days and years you shall be troubled , you careless women ; for the vintage shall fail , the gathering shall not come . * Tremble , you women at ease ; be troubled , you careless ones ; strip yourselves and make yourselves bare , and gird sackcloth on your loins . * They shall mourn for the breasts , for the pleasant fields , for the fruitful vine . * On 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 abandoned , the multitude of the city shall be deserted . Instead , the mound and tower shall be for dens forever , a joy of wild asses , a pasture of flocks ; * until the Spirit is poured on us from on high , and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field , and the fruitful field is esteemed as a forest . * Then justice shall dwell in the wilderness , and righteousness shall remain in the fruitful field . * And the work of righteousness shall be peace ; and the service of righteousness shall be quietness and assurance forever . * And my people shall dwell in a peaceful habitation , and in secure dwellings and in quiet resting places , * though it hails upon the forest , and the city is laid low . * Blessed are you who sow beside all waters , who send free the feet of the ox and the ass .

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