Isaiah 32:10-20 (New International Version)
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In little more than a year1 you who feel secure will tremble; the grape harvest will fail,2 and the harvest of fruit will not come.
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Tremble,3 you complacent women; shudder, you daughters who feel secure!4 Strip off your clothes,5 put sackcloth6 around your waists.
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Beat your breasts7 for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines8
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and for the land of my people, a land overgrown with thorns and briers9-- yes, mourn10 for all houses of merriment and for this city of revelry.11
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The fortress12 will be abandoned, the noisy city deserted;13 citadel and watchtower14 will become a wasteland forever, the delight of donkeys,15 a pasture for flocks,16
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till the Spirit17 is poured upon us from on high, and the desert becomes a fertile field,18 and the fertile field seems like a forest.19
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Justice20 will dwell in the desert21 and righteousness22 live in the fertile field.
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The fruit of righteousness23 will be peace;24 the effect of righteousness will be quietness and confidence25 forever.
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My people will live in peaceful26 dwelling places, in secure homes,27 in undisturbed places of rest.28
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Though hail29 flattens the forest30 and the city is leveled31 completely,
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how blessed you will be, sowing32 your seed by every stream,33 and letting your cattle and donkeys range free.34
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