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1. Look, a king will promote fairness; officials will promote justice.
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1. Behold H2005 , a king H4428 shall reign H4427 in righteousness H6664 , and princes H8269 shall rule H8323 in judgment H4941 .
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2. Each of them will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from a rainstorm; like streams of water in a dry region and like the shade of a large cliff in a parched land.
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2. And a man H376 shall be H1961 as a hiding place H4224 from the wind H7307 , and a covert H5643 from the tempest H2230 ; as rivers H6388 of water H4325 in a dry place H6724 , as the shadow H6738 of a great H3515 rock H5553 in a weary H5889 land H776 .
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3. Eyes will no longer be blind and ears will be attentive.
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3. And the eyes H5869 of them that see H7200 shall not H3808 be dim H8159 , and the ears H241 of them that hear H8085 shall hearken H7181 .
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4. The mind that acts rashly will possess discernment and the tongue that stutters will speak with ease and clarity.
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4. The heart H3824 also of the rash H4116 shall understand H995 knowledge H3045 , and the tongue H3956 of the stammerers H5926 shall be ready H4116 to speak H1696 plainly H6703 .
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5. A fool will no longer be called honorable; a deceiver will no longer be called principled.
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5. The vile person H5036 shall be no H3808 more H5750 called H7121 liberal H5081 , nor H3808 the churl H3596 said H559 to be bountiful H7771 .
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6. For a fool speaks disgraceful things; his mind plans out sinful deeds. He commits godless deeds and says misleading things about the LORD; he gives the hungry nothing to satisfy their appetite and gives the thirsty nothing to drink.
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6. For H3588 the vile person H5036 will speak H1696 villainy H5039 , and his heart H3820 will work H6213 iniquity H205 , to practice H6213 hypocrisy H2612 , and to utter H1696 error H8442 against H413 the LORD H3068 , to make empty H7324 the soul H5315 of the hungry H7457 , and he will cause the drink H4945 of the thirsty H6771 to fail H2637 .
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7. A deceiver's methods are evil; he dreams up evil plans to ruin the poor with lies, even when the needy are in the right.
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7. The instruments H3627 also of the churl H3596 are evil H7451 : he H1931 deviseth H3289 wicked devices H2154 to destroy H2254 the poor H6041 with lying H8267 words H561 , even when the needy H34 speaketh H1696 right H4941 .
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8. An honorable man makes honorable plans; his honorable character gives him security.
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8. But the liberal H5081 deviseth H3289 liberal things H5081 ; and by H5921 liberal things H5081 shall he stand H6965 .
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9. You complacent women, get up and listen to me! You carefree daughters, pay attention to what I say!
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9. Rise up H6965 , ye women H802 that are at ease H7600 ; hear H8085 my voice H6963 , ye careless H982 daughters H1323 ; give ear H238 unto my speech H565 .
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10. In a year's time you carefree ones will shake with fear, for the grape harvest will fail, and the fruit harvest will not arrive.
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10. Many days H3117 and years H8141 shall ye be troubled H7264 , ye careless women H982 : for H3588 the vintage H1210 shall fail H3615 , the gathering H625 shall not H1097 come H935 .
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11. Tremble, you complacent ones! Shake with fear, you carefree ones! Strip off your clothes and expose yourselves� put sackcloth on your waist!
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11. Tremble H2729 , ye women that are at ease H7600 ; be troubled H7264 , ye careless ones H982 : strip H6584 you , and make you bare H6209 , and gird H2290 sackcloth upon H5921 your loins H2504 .
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12. Mourn over the field, over the delightful fields and the fruitful vine!
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12. They shall lament H5594 for H5921 the teats H7699 , for H5921 the pleasant H2531 fields H7704 , for H5921 the fruitful H6509 vine H1612 .
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13. Mourn over the land of my people, which is overgrown with thorns and briers, and over all the once-happy houses in the city filled with revelry.
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13. Upon H5921 the land H127 of my people H5971 shall come up H5927 thorns H6975 and briers H8068 ; yea H3588 , upon H5921 all H3605 the houses H1004 of joy H4885 in the joyous H5947 city H7151 :
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14. For the fortress is neglected; the once-crowded city is abandoned. Hill and watchtower are permanently uninhabited. Wild donkeys love to go there, and flocks graze there.
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14. Because H3588 the palaces H759 shall be forsaken H5203 ; the multitude H1995 of the city H5892 shall be left H5800 ; the forts H6076 and towers H975 shall be H1961 for H1157 dens H4631 forever H5704 H5769 , a joy H4885 of wild asses H6501 , a pasture H4829 of flocks H5739 ;
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15. This desolation will continue until new life is poured out on us from heaven. Then the desert will become an orchard and the orchard will be considered a forest.
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15. Until H5704 the spirit H7307 be poured H6168 upon H5921 us from on high H4480 H4791 , and the wilderness H4057 be H1961 a fruitful field H3759 , and the fruitful field H3759 be counted H2803 for a forest H3293 .
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16. Justice will settle down in the desert and fairness will live in the orchard.
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16. Then judgment H4941 shall dwell H7931 in the wilderness H4057 , and righteousness H6666 remain H3427 in the fruitful field H3759 .
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17. Fairness will produce peace and result in lasting security.
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17. And the work H4639 of righteousness H6666 shall be H1961 peace H7965 ; and the effect H5656 of righteousness H6666 quietness H8252 and assurance H983 forever H5704 H5769 .
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18. My people will live in peaceful settlements, in secure homes, and in safe, quiet places.
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18. And my people H5971 shall dwell H3427 in a peaceable H7965 habitation H5116 , and in sure H4009 dwellings H4908 , and in quiet H7600 resting places H4496 ;
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19. Even if the forest is destroyed and the city is annihilated,
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19. When it shall hail H1258 , coming down H3381 on the forest H3293 ; and the city H5892 shall be low H8213 in a low place H8218 .
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20. you will be blessed, you who plant seed by all the banks of the streams, you who let your ox and donkey graze.
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20. Blessed H835 are ye that sow H2232 beside H5921 all H3605 waters H4325 , that send forth H7971 thither the feet H7272 of the ox H7794 and the ass H2543 .
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