Isaiah 32

Look, a righteous king is coming, and honest princes will
Rule under him. Each one will be like a shelter from the
Wind and a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in
The desert and the shadow of a great rock in a parched land

Then everyone who has eyes will be able to see the truth
And everyone who has ears will be able to hear it. Even
The hotheads will be full of sense and understanding
Those who stammer will speak out plainly. In that day ungodly
Fools will not be heroes; scoundrels will not be respected

For fools speak foolishness and make evil plans; they practice
Ungodliness and spread false teachings about the Lord. They
Deprive the hungry of food and give no water to the thirsty

The smooth tricks of scoundrels are evil; they plot crooked
Schemes. They lie to convict the poor, even when the
Cause of the poor is just. But generous people plan to do
What is generous, and they stand firm in their generosity

Listen, you women who lie around in ease; listen to me, you
Who are so smug. In a short time, just a little more than a
Year, you careless ones will suddenly begin to care, for your
Fruit crops will fail and the harvest will never take place

Tremble, you women of ease; throw off your complacency. Strip off
Your pretty clothes and put on burlap to show your grief. Beat
Your breasts in sorrow for your bountiful farms and your fruitful
Grapevines, for your land will be overgrown with thorns and briers

Your joyful homes and happy towns will be gone; the palace and
The city will be deserted, and busy towns will be empty. Wild
Donkeys will frolic and flocks will graze in the empty forts and

Watchtowers until at last the Spirit is poured out on us from heaven
Then the wilderness will become a fertile field, and the
Fertile field will yield bountiful crops. Justice will rule
In the wilderness and righteousness in the fertile field
And this righteousness will bring peace; yes, it will bring quietness
And confidence forever. My people will live in safety, quietly at
Home; they will be at rest. Even if the forest should be destroyed
And the city torn down, the Lord will greatly bless his people
Wherever they plant seed, bountiful crops will spring
Up. Their cattle and donkeys will graze freely