“1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule
in judgment. 2 And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and
a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the
shadow of a great rock in a weary land. 3 And the eyes of them that see
shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken. 4 The
heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the
stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly. 5 The vile person shall be
no more called liberal, nor the churl said [to be] bountiful. 6 For the
vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to
practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty
the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to
fail. 7 The instruments also of the churl [are] evil: he deviseth wicked
devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy
speaketh right. 8 But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by
liberal things shall he stand.”
“9 Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless
daughters; give ear unto my speech. 10 Many days and years shall ye be
troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering
shall not come. 11 Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye
careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird [sackcloth] upon
[your] loins. 12 They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant
fields, for the fruitful vine. 13 Upon the land of my people shall come
up thorns [and] briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy [in] the joyous
city: 14 Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the
city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a
joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks; 15 Until the spirit be poured
upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the
fruitful field be counted for a forest. 16 Then judgment shall dwell in
the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field. 17 And
the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of
righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. 18 And my people shall
dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet
resting places; 19 When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and
the city shall be low in a low place. 20 Blessed [are] ye that sow
beside all waters, that send forth [thither] the feet of the ox and the
ass.” (Isaiah 32:1-20 AV)