32:1 Indeed, a king will reign righteously, and rulers will rule justly.
32:2 Each will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the rain, like streams of water in a dry land and the shade of a massive rock in an arid land.
32:3 Then the eyes of those who see will not be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen.
32:4 The reckless mind will gain knowledge, and the stammering tongue will speak clearly and fluently.
32:5 A fool will no longer be called a noble, nor a scoundrel said to be important.
32:6 For a fool speaks foolishness and his mind plots iniquity. He lives in a godless way and speaks falsely about the LORD. He leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink.
32:7 The scoundrel's weapons are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the needy with lies, even when the poor says what is right.
32:8 But a noble person plans noble things; he stands up for noble causes.
32:9 Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Pay attention to what I say, you overconfident daughters.
32:10 In a little more than a year you overconfident ones will shudder, for the vintage will fail and the harvest will not come.
32:11 Shudder, you complacent ones; tremble, you overconfident ones! Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth around your waists.
32:12 Beat your breasts in mourning for the delightful fields and the fruitful vines,
32:13 for the ground of my people growing thorns and briers, indeed, for every joyous house in the joyful city.
32:14 For the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become barren places forever, the joy of wild donkeys, and a pasture for flocks,
32:15 until the Spirit from heaven is poured out on us. Then the desert will become an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.
32:16 Then justice will inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the orchard.
32:17 The result of righteousness will be peace; the effect of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever.
32:18 Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place, in safe and secure dwellings.
32:19 But hail will level the forest, and the city will sink into the depths.
32:20 Those who sow seed are happy beside abundant waters; they let ox and donkey range freely.
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