58 lines
2.4 KiB
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58 lines
2.4 KiB
Markdown
# Chapter 32
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1 Look, a righteous king is coming!
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And honest princes will rule under him.
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2 Each one will be like a shelter from the wind
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and a refuge from the storm,
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like streams of water in the desert
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and the shadow of a great rock in a parched land.
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3 Then everyone who has eyes will be able to see the truth,
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and everyone who has ears will be able to hear it.
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4 Even the hotheads will be full of sense and understanding.
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Those who stammer will speak out plainly.
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5 In that day ungodly fools will not be heroes.
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Scoundrels will not be respected.
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6 For fools speak foolishness
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and make evil plans.
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They practice ungodliness
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and spread false teachings about the Lord.
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They deprive the hungry of food
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and give no water to the thirsty.
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7 The smooth tricks of scoundrels are evil.
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They plot crooked schemes.
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They lie to convict the poor,
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even when the cause of the poor is just.
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8 But generous people plan to do what is generous,
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and they stand firm in their generosity.
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9 Listen, you women who lie around in ease.
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Listen to me, you who are so smug.
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10 In a short time—just a little more than a year—
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you careless ones will suddenly begin to care.
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For your fruit crops will fail,
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and the harvest will never take place.
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11 Tremble, you women of ease;
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throw off your complacency.
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Strip off your pretty clothes,
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and put on burlap to show your grief.
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12 Beat your breasts in sorrow for your bountiful farms
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and your fruitful grapevines.
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13 For your land will be overgrown with thorns and briers.
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Your joyful homes and happy towns will be gone.
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14 The palace and the city will be deserted,
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and busy towns will be empty.
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Wild donkeys will frolic and flocks will graze
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in the empty forts and watchtowers
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15 until at last the Spirit is poured out
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on us from heaven.
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Then the wilderness will become a fertile field,
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and the fertile field will yield bountiful crops.
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16 Justice will rule in the wilderness
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and righteousness in the fertile field.
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17 And this righteousness will bring peace.
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Yes, it will bring quietness and confidence forever.
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18 My people will live in safety, quietly at home.
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They will be at rest.
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19 Even if the forest should be destroyed
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and the city torn down,
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20 the Lord will greatly bless his people.
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Wherever they plant seed, bountiful crops will spring up.
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Their cattle and donkeys will graze freely. |