Behold, the king will reign in justice, and the princes will rule in judgment
And a man will be like someone hidden from the wind, who conceals himself from a storm, or like rivers of waters in a time of thirst, or like the shadow of a rock that juts out in a desert land
The eyes of those who see will not be obscured, and the ears of those who hear will listen closely
And the heart of the foolish will understand knowledge, and the tongue of those with impaired speech will speak quickly and plainly
He who is foolish will no longer be called leader, nor will the deceitful be called greater
For a foolish man speaks foolishness and his heart works iniquity in order to accomplish deception. And he speaks to the Lord deceitfully, so as to empty the soul of the hungry and to take away drink from the thirsty
The tools of the deceitful are very wicked. For they have concocted plans to destroy the meek by lying words, though the poor speak judgment
Yet truly, the prince will plan things that are worthy of a prince, and he will stand above the rulers
You opulent women, rise up and listen to my voice! O confident daughters, play close attention to my eloquence
For after a year and some days, you who are confident will be disturbed. For the vintage has been completed; the gathering will no longer occur
Be stupefied, you opulent women! Be disturbed, O confident ones! Strip yourselves, and be confounded; gird yourselves at the waist
Mourn over your breasts, over the delightful country, over the fruitful vineyard
Thorn and brier will rise up, over the soil of my people. How much more over all the houses of gladness, over the city of exultation
For the house has been forsaken. The multitude of the city has been abandoned. A darkness and a covering have been placed over its dens, even unto eternity. It will be the gladness of wild donkeys and the pasture of flocks
until the Spirit is poured over us from on high. And the desert will be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field will be considered as a forest
And judgment will live in solitude, and justice will be seated in a fruitful place
And the work of justice will be peace. And the service of justice will be quiet and secure, forever
And my people will be seated in the beauty of peacefulness, and in the tabernacles of faithfulness, and in the opulence of restfulness
But hail will be in the descent of the forest, and the city will be brought exceedingly low
Blessed are you who sow over any waters, sending the feet of the ox and the donkey there