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1. A king will rule in a way that brings justice, and leaders will make fair decisions.
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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. Then each ruler will be like a shelter from the wind, like a safe place in a storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like a cool shadow from a large rock in a hot 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. People will look to the king for help, and they will truly listen to what he says.
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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. People who are now worried will be able to understand. Those who cannot speak clearly now will then be able to speak clearly and quickly.
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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. Fools will not be called great, and people will not respect the wicked.
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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. A fool says foolish things, and in his mind he plans evil. A fool does things that are wicked, and he says wrong things about the Lord. A fool does not feed the hungry or let thirsty people drink water.
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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. The wicked person uses evil like a tool. He plans ways to take everything from the poor. He destroys the poor with lies, even when the poor person is 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. But a good leader plans to do good, and those good things make him a good leader.
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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 women who are calm now, stand up and listen to me. You women who feel safe now, hear 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. You women feel safe now, but after one year you will be afraid. There will be no grape harvest and no summer fruit to gather.
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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. Women, you are calm now, but you should shake with fear. Women, you feel safe now, but you should tremble. Take off your nice clothes and put rough cloth around your waist to show your sadness.
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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. Beat your breasts in grief, because the fields that were pleasant are now empty. Cry, because the vines that once had fruit now have no more grapes.
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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. Cry for the land of my people, in which only thorns and weeds now grow. Cry for the city that once was happy and for all the houses that once were filled with joy.
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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. The palace will be empty; people will leave the noisy city. Strong cities and towers will be empty. Wild donkeys will love to live there, and sheep will go there to eat.
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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 will continue until God pours his Spirit from above upon us. Then the desert will be like a fertile field and the fertile field like 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 be found even in the desert, and fairness will be found in the fertile fields.
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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. That fairness will bring peace, and it will bring calm and safety forever.
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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 places and in safe homes and in calm places of rest.
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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. Hail will destroy the forest, and the city will be completely destroyed.
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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. But you will be happy as you plant seeds near every stream and as you let your cattle and donkeys wander freely.
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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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