Dual Panel1Look <02005>, a king <04428> will promote <04427> fairness <06664>; officials <08269> will promote <08323> justice <04941>.
2Each <0376> of them will be <01961> like a shelter <04224> from the wind <07307> and a refuge <05643> from a rainstorm <02230>; like streams <06388> of water <04325> in a dry region <06724> and like the shade <06738> of a large <03515> cliff <05553> in a parched <05889> land <0776>.
3Eyes <05869> will no <03808> longer be blind <08159> and ears <0241> will be attentive <07181>.
4The mind <03824> that acts rashly <04116> will possess <0995> discernment <03045> and the tongue <03956> that stutters <05926> will speak <01696> with ease <04116> and clarity <06703>.
5A fool <05036> will no <03808> longer <05750> be called <07121> honorable <05081>; a deceiver <03596> will no <03808> longer be called <0559> principled <07771>.
6For <03588> a fool <05036> speaks <01696> disgraceful things <05039>; his mind <03820> plans out <06213> sinful deeds <0205>. He commits <06213> godless deeds <02612> and says <01696> misleading things <08442> about <0413> the Lord <03069>; he gives <07324> the hungry <07457> nothing <07324> to satisfy their appetite <05315> and gives <02637> the thirsty <06771> nothing <02637> to drink <04945>.
7A deceiver’s <03596> methods <03627> are evil <07451>; he <01931> dreams up evil <02154> plans to ruin <02254> the poor with <06035> lies <08267> <0561>, even when the needy <034> are in the right <04941>.
8An honorable man <05081> <05081> makes honorable plans <03289>; his <01931> honorable character <05081> gives <06965> him security <06965>.
9You complacent <07600> women <0802>, get up <06965> and listen <08085> to me! You carefree <0982> daughters <01323>, pay attention <0238> to what I say <0565>!
10In <05921> a year’s <08141> time <03117> you carefree ones <0982> will shake <07264> with fear, for <03588> the grape harvest <01210> will fail <03615>, and the fruit harvest <0625> will not <01097> arrive <0935>.
11Tremble <02729>, you complacent <07600> ones! Shake with fear <07264>, you carefree <0982> ones! Strip off <06584> your clothes and expose <06209> yourselves– put sackcloth <02296> on <05921> your waist <02504>!
12Mourn <05594> over <05921> the field <07699>, over <05921> the delightful <02531> fields <07704> and the fruitful <06509> vine <01612>!
13Mourn over <05921> the land <0127> of my people <05971>, which is overgrown <05927> with thorns <06975> and briers <08068>, and over <05921> all <03605> the once-happy <04885> houses <01004> in the city <07151> filled with revelry <05947>.
14For <03588> the fortress <0759> is neglected <05203>; the once-crowded <01995> city <05892> is abandoned <05800>. Hill <06076> and watchtower <0975> are <01961> permanently <05769> uninhabited <04631>. Wild donkeys <06501> love <04885> to go there, and flocks <05739> graze <04829> there.
15This desolation will continue until <05704> new life <07307> is poured <06168> out on <05921> us from heaven <04791>. Then the desert <04057> will become <01961> an orchard <03759> and the orchard <03759> will be considered <02803> a forest <03293>.
16Justice <04941> will settle down <07931> in the desert <04057> and fairness <06666> will live <03427> in the orchard <03759>.
17Fairness <06666> will produce <04639> peace <06666> <05656> <07965> and result <08252> in lasting <05769> security <0983>.
18My people <05971> will live <03427> in peaceful <07965> settlements <05116>, in secure <04009> homes <04908>, and in safe, quiet <07600> places <04496>.
19Even if the forest <03293> is destroyed <01258> and the city <05892> is annihilated <08218>,
20you will be blessed <0835>, you who plant seed <02232> by <05921> all <03605> the banks of the streams <04325>, you who let <07971> your ox <07794> and donkey <02543> graze.