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Isaiah 32
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- Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness,
- and princes shall rule in justice.
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2A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind,
- and a covert from the storm,
- as streams of water in a dry place,
- as the shade of a large rock in a weary land.
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3The eyes of those who see will not be dim,
- and the ears of those who hear will listen.
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4The heart of the rash will understand knowledge,
- and the tongue of the stammerers will be ready to speak plainly.
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5The fool will no longer be called noble,
- nor the scoundrel be highly respected.
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6For the fool will speak folly,
- and his heart will work iniquity,
- to practice profanity,
- and to utter error against Yahweh,
- To make empty the soul of the hungry,
- and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
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7The ways of the scoundrel are evil.
- He devises wicked devices to destroy the humble with lying words,
- even when the needy speaks right.
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8But the noble devises noble things;
- and he will continue in noble things.
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9Rise up, you women who are at ease! Hear my voice!
- You careless daughters, give ear to my speech!
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10For days beyond a year you will be troubled, you careless women;
- for the vintage shall fail.
- The harvest won’t come.
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11Tremble, you women who are at ease!
- Be troubled, you careless ones!
- Strip yourselves, make yourselves naked,
- and put sackcloth on your waist.
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12Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields,
- for the fruitful vine.
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13Thorns and briars will come up on my people’s land;
- yes, on all the houses of joy in the joyous city.
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14For the palace will be forsaken.
- The populous city will be deserted.
- The hill and the watchtower will be for dens forever,
- a delight for wild donkeys,
- a pasture of flocks;
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15Until the Spirit is poured on us from on high,
- and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field,
- and the fruitful field is considered a forest.
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16Then justice will dwell in the wilderness;
- and righteousness will remain in the fruitful field.
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17The work of righteousness will be peace;
- and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever.
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18My people will live in a peaceful habitation,
- in safe dwellings,
- and in quiet resting places.
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19Though hail flattens the forest,
- and the city is leveled completely.
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20Blessed are you who sow beside all waters,
- who send out the feet of the ox and the donkey.
