Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and as for princes, they shall rule in judgment.

And a man shall be as 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.

And the eyes of them that see shall not be blind, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.

The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.

The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.

For the vile person speaks villainy, and his heart works 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.

The instruments also of the churl are evil: he devises wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, and the needy when he speaks right.

But the liberal devises liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.

Rise up, you women that are at ease, hear my voice; you complacent daughters, give ear to my speech.

In a year and some days, you shall be troubled, you complacent women; for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.

Tremble, you women that are at ease; be troubled, you complacent ones: strip, and make yourselves bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.

Striking the breasts, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.

Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yes, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:

because the palaces shall be forsaken; the city with its stir shall be deserted; the fort and tower shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;

until a spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.

Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.

And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance for ever.

And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;

and it shall hail in the downfall of the forest, and the city shall descend into the valley.

Blessed are you that sow beside all waters, that let the feet of the ox and the ass range freely.