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\c 32
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\q1
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\v 1 Listen to this! Some day there will be a righteous king,
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\q2 and his officials will help him to rule justly.
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\q1
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\v 2 Each of them will be like a shelter from the wind
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\q2 and a refuge from the storm.
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\q1 They will be like streams of water in the desert,
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\q2 like the shade under a huge rock in a very hot and dry land.
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\b
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\q1
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\v 3 When that happens, those leaders will enable people who have not understood God's truth to understand it,
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\q2 and they will enable those who have not paid attention to God's truth to pay attention to it.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 4 Even those who act very hastily will have good sense,
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\q2 and those who cannot speak well will speak fluently and clearly.
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\q1
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\v 5 At that time, people who are foolish will no longer be admired,
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\q2 and scoundrels will no longer be respected.
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\q1
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\v 6 Foolish people say things that are foolish,
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\q2 and they plan to do evil things.
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\q1 Their behavior is disgraceful,
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\q2 and they say things about Yahweh that are false.
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\q1 They do not give food to those who are hungry,
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\q2 and they do not give water to those who are thirsty.
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\v 7 Scoundrels do things that are evil and that deceive people;
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\q2 they plan to do evil things;
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\q1 by telling lies in court they cause poor people to have trouble,
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\q2 even when what the poor people are requesting is fair.
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\v 8 But honorable people plan to do honorable things,
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\q2 and they do those honorable things, so they succeed.
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\v 9 You women of Jerusalem who think that you are very secure
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\q2 and think that everything is going well,
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\q1 listen to what I say!
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\v 10 After one year is ended, you who now are not worried about anything will tremble,
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\q2 because there will be no grapes for you to harvest
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\q1 and no other crops to harvest.
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\v 11 So tremble now, you women who are not worried about anything!
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\q2 Take off your fancy clothes and put rough sackcloth around your waists.
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\v 12 You will wail because you are grieving about what will happen in your fertile fields and to your fruitful grapevines,
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\v 13 because only thorns and thistles will grow in your soil.
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\q2 Your houses where you had joyful parties and your city where you have been happy will be gone.
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\v 14 The king's palace will be empty;
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\q2 there will be no people in the city that now is very noisy.
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\q1 Wild donkeys will walk around and flocks of sheep will eat grass
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\q2 in the empty forts and watchtowers.
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\v 15 It will be like that until God pours his Spirit out on us from heaven.
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\q2 When that happens, the deserts will become fertile fields,
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\q2 and abundant crops will grow in those fertile fields.
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\v 16 People will act justly in those desert areas,
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\q2 and people will act righteously in those fertile fields.
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\v 17 The result of their acting righteously will be that there will be peace,
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\q2 the land will be tranquil, and people will be secure forever.
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\v 18 My people will live in their homes peacefully, and safely, and calmly,
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\q2 in places of rest.
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\v 19 Even if a severe hailstorm knocks down the trees in the forest,
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\q2 and all the buildings in the city are blown down,
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\v 20 Yahweh will greatly bless you;
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\q2 you will plant seeds in fields alongside the streams
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\q2 and there will be abundant crops.
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\q2 Your donkeys and cattle will easily find grass to eat when you send them out into pasture.
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