Isaiah 32

¹Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in justice.

²And a man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a weary land.

³And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.

⁴And the heart of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.

⁵The fool shall be no more called noble, nor the churl said to be bountiful.

⁶For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise profaneness, and to utter error against Jehovah, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

⁷And the instruments of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the meek with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.

⁸But the noble deviseth noble things; and in noble things shall he continue.

⁹Rise up, ye women that are at ease, and hear my voice; ye careless daughters, give ear unto my speech.

¹⁰For days beyond a year shall ye be troubled, ye careless women; for the vintage shall fail, the ingathering shall not come.

¹¹Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones; strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.

¹²They shall smite upon the breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.