32 Behold,
a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment. 2 And
a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the
tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock
in a weary land. 3 And
the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that
hear shall hearken. 4 The
heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the
stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly. 5 The
vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be
bountiful. 6 For
the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity,
to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty
the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to
fail. 7 The
instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to
destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right. 8 But
the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand. 9 Rise
up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give
ear unto my speech.
10
Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage
shall fail, the gathering shall not come. 11 Tremble, ye women that are at ease;
be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth
upon your loins. 12 They shall lament for the teats, for
the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine. 13 Upon the land of my people shall come
up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city: 14 Because the palaces shall be forsaken;
the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for
dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks; 15 Until the spirit be poured upon us from
on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field
be counted for a forest. 16 Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness,
and righteousness remain in the fruitful field. 17 And the work of righteousness shall
be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. 18 And my people shall dwell in a peaceable
habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places; 19 When it shall hail, coming down on the
forest; and the city shall be low in a low place. 20 Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters,
that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.