1 See, a king will reign in righteousness and rulers will rule with justice.2 Each one will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in the desert and the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land.3 Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen.4 The fearful heart will know and understand, and the stammering tongue will be fluent and clear.5 No longer will the fool be called noble nor the scoundrel be highly respected.6 For fools speak folly, their hearts are bent on evil: They practice ungodliness and spread error concerning the LORD; the hungry they leave empty and from the thirsty they withhold water.7 Scoundrels use wicked methods, they make up evil schemes to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.8 But the noble make noble plans, and by noble deeds they stand.9 You women who are so complacent, rise up and listen to me; you daughters who feel secure, hear what I have to say!10 In little more than a year you who feel secure will tremble; the grape harvest will fail, and the harvest of fruit will not come.11 Tremble, you complacent women; shudder, you daughters who feel secure! Strip off your fine clothes and wrap yourselves in rags.12 Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines13 and for the land of my people, a land overgrown with thorns and briers — yes, mourn for all houses of merriment and for this city of revelry.14 The fortress will be abandoned, the noisy city deserted; citadel and watchtower will become a wasteland forever, the delight of donkeys, a pasture for flocks,15 till the Spirit is poured on us from on high, and the desert becomes a fertile field, and the fertile field seems like a forest.16 The LORD's justice will dwell in the desert, his righteousness live in the fertile field.17 The fruit of that righteousness will be peace; its effect will be quietness and confidence forever.18 My people will live in peaceful dwelling places, in secure homes, in undisturbed places of rest.19 Though hail flattens the forest and the city is leveled completely,20 how blessed you will be, sowing your seed by every stream, and letting your cattle and donkeys range free.

1 [Ecce in justitia regnabit rex,et principes in judicio prerunt.2 Et erit vir sicut qui absconditur a vento,et celat se a tempestate ;sicut rivi aquarum in siti,et umbra petr prominentis in terra deserta.3 Non caligabunt oculi videntium,et aures audientium diligenter auscultabunt.4 Et cor stultorum intelliget scientiam,et lingua balborum velociter loquetur et plane.5 Non vocabitur ultra is qui insipiens est, princeps,neque fraudulentus appellabitur major ;6 stultus enim fatua loquetur,et cor ejus faciet iniquitatem,ut perficiat simulationem,et loquatur ad Dominum fraudulenter,et vacuam faciat animam esurientis,et potum sitienti auferat.7 Fraudulenti vasa pessima sunt ;ipse enim cogitationes concinnavitad perdendos mites in sermone mendacii,cum loqueretur pauper judicium.8 Princeps vero ea qu digna sunt principe cogitabit,et ipse super duces stabit.]9 [Mulieres opulent, surgite,et audite vocem meam ;fili confidentes,percipite auribus eloquium meum.10 Post dies enim et annum,vos conturbabimini confidentes ;consummata est enim vindemia,collectio ultra non veniet.11 Obstupescite, opulent ;conturbamini, confidentes :exuite vos et confundimini ;accingite lumbos vestros.12 Super ubera plangite,super regione desiderabili,super vinea fertili.13 Super humum populi meispin et vepres ascendent :quanto magis super omnes domos gaudiicivitatis exultantis !14 Domus enim dimissa est,multitudo urbis relicta est,tenebr et palpatiofact sunt super speluncas usque in ternum ;gaudium onagrorum,pascua gregum.15 Donec effundatur super nosspiritus de excelso,et erit desertum in carmel,et carmel in saltum reputabitur.16 Et habitabit in solitudine judicium,et justitia in carmel sedebit.17 Et erit opus justiti pax,et cultus justiti silentium,et securitas usque in sempiternum.18 Et sedebit populus meus in pulchritudine pacis,et in tabernaculis fiduci,et in requie opulenta.19 Grando autem in descensione saltus,et humilitate humiliabitur civitas.20 Beati qui seminatis super omnes aquas,immittentes pedem bovis et asini.]