Rise up, you (A)women who are at ease,
And hear my voice;
(B)Listen to my word,
You complacent daughters.
10 Within a year and a few days
You will be troubled, you complacent daughters;
(C)For the vintage is ended,
And the fruit gathering will not come.
11 Tremble, you women who are at ease;
(D)Be troubled, you complacent daughters;
(E)Strip, undress, and put sackcloth on your waist,
12 (F)Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine,
13 (G)For the land of my people in which thorns and briars will come up;
Indeed, for all the joyful houses and for the (H)jubilant city.
14 For (I)the palace has been neglected, the [a]populated (J)city abandoned.
[b]Hill and watch-tower have become (K)caves forever,
A delight for (L)wild donkeys, a pasture for flocks,

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 32:14 Lit multitude of the
  2. Isaiah 32:14 Or Ophel

The Women of Jerusalem

You women(A) who are so complacent,
    rise up and listen(B) to me;
you daughters who feel secure,(C)
    hear what I have to say!
10 In little more than a year(D)
    you who feel secure will tremble;
the grape harvest will fail,(E)
    and the harvest of fruit will not come.
11 Tremble,(F) you complacent women;
    shudder, you daughters who feel secure!(G)
Strip off your fine clothes(H)
    and wrap yourselves in rags.(I)
12 Beat your breasts(J) for the pleasant fields,
    for the fruitful vines(K)
13 and for the land of my people,
    a land overgrown with thorns and briers(L)
yes, mourn(M) for all houses of merriment
    and for this city of revelry.(N)
14 The fortress(O) will be abandoned,
    the noisy city deserted;(P)
citadel and watchtower(Q) will become a wasteland forever,
    the delight of donkeys,(R) a pasture for flocks,(S)

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