32 See, a king will reign in righteousness,
    and princes^[a] will rule with justice.^(A)
2 Each will be like a hiding place from the wind,
    a covert from the tempest,
like streams of water in a dry place,
    like the shade of a great rock in a weary land.^(B)
3 Then the eyes of those who have sight will not be closed,
    and the ears of those who have hearing will listen.^(C)
4 The minds of the rash will have good judgment,
    and the tongues of stammerers will speak readily and distinctly.^(D)
5 A fool will no longer be called noble
    nor a villain said to be honorable.^(E)
6 For fools speak folly,
    and their minds plot iniquity:
to practice ungodliness,
    to utter error concerning the Lord,
to leave the craving of the hungry unsatisfied,
    and to deprive the thirsty of drink.^(F)
7 The villainies of villains are evil;
    they devise wicked devices
to ruin the poor with lying words,
    even when the plea of the needy is right.^(G)
8 But those who are noble plan noble things,
    and by noble things they stand.^(H)

⁹ Rise up, you women who are at ease, hear my voice;
    you complacent daughters, listen to my speech.^(I)
10 In little more than a year
    you will shudder, you complacent ones,
for the vintage will fail;
    the fruit harvest will not come.^(J)
11 Tremble, you women who are at ease;
    shudder, you complacent ones;
strip and make yourselves bare,
    and put sackcloth on your loins.^(K)
12 Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields,^[b]
    for the fruitful vine,^(L)
13 for the soil of my people
    growing up in thorns and briers,
yes, for all the joyous houses
    in the jubilant city.^(M)
14 For the palace will be forsaken,
    the populous city deserted;
the hill and the watchtower
    will become dens forever,
the joy of wild asses,
    a pasture for flocks;^(N)
15 until a spirit from on high is poured out on us,
    and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field,
    and the fruitful field is deemed a forest.^(O)

¹⁶ Then justice will dwell in the wilderness
    and righteousness abide in the fruitful field.^(P)
17 The effect of righteousness will be peace,
    and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust forever.^(Q)
18 My people will abide in a peaceful habitation,
    in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.
¹⁹ The forest will disappear completely,^[c]
    and the city will be utterly laid low.^(R)
20 Happy will you be who sow beside every stream,
    who let the ox and the donkey range freely.^(S)