Jubilee Bible 2000 JUB
New International Version NIV
1 Behold, <em>one</em> king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall preside unto judgment.
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See, a king will reign in righteousness and rulers will rule with justice.
2 And that man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry <em>place</em>, as the shadow of a great rock in a hot land.
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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 thirsty land.
3 And the eyes of those that see shall not be dim, and the ears of those that hear shall hearken.
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Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen.
4 The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.
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The fearful heart will know and understand, and the stammering tongue will be fluent and clear.
5 The vile person shall no longer be called liberal, nor the greedy said <em>to be</em> bountiful.
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No longer will the fool be called noble nor the scoundrel be highly respected.
6 For the vile person will speak villainy, and his heart will invent iniquity to work unrighteousness and to speak scornfully against the LORD, leaving the soul of the hungry empty and taking away the drink of the thirsty.
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For fools speak folly, their hearts are bent on evil: They practice ungodliness and spread error concerning the LORD; the hungry they leave empty and from the thirsty they withhold water.
7 Certainly the greedy <em>use</em> evil measures: he devises wicked devices to ensnare the simple with lying words and to speak in judgment <em>against</em> the poor.
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Scoundrels use wicked methods, they make up evil schemes to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.
8 But the liberal devises liberal things; and by liberal things shall he rise.
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But the noble make noble plans, and by noble deeds they stand.
9 Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.
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You women who are so complacent, rise up and listen to me; you daughters who feel secure, hear what I have to say!
10 Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, and the harvest shall not come in.
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In little more than a year you who feel secure will tremble; the grape harvest will fail, and the harvest of fruit will not come.
11 Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make yourselves bare, and gird <em>sackcloth</em> upon <em>your</em> loins.
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Tremble, you complacent women; shudder, you daughters who feel secure! Strip off your fine clothes and wrap yourselves in rags.
12 Upon their breasts they shall lament for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
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Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines
13 Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns <em>and</em> briers; even upon all the houses of joy <em>in</em> the joyous city:
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and for the land of my people, a land overgrown with thorns and briers— yes, mourn for all houses of merriment and for this city of revelry.
14 Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the noise of the city shall cease; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;
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The fortress will be abandoned, the noisy city deserted; citadel and watchtower will become a wasteland forever, the delight of donkeys, a pasture for flocks,
15 until the spirit is poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness is turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is counted for a forest.
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till the Spirit is poured on us from on high, and the desert becomes a fertile field, and the fertile field seems like a forest.
16 Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness shall remain in the fruitful field.
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The LORD’s justice will dwell in the desert, his righteousness live in the fertile field.
17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness rest and security for ever.
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The fruit of that righteousness will be peace; its effect will be quietness and confidence forever.
18 And my people shall dwell in a habitation of peace and in secure dwellings and in the refreshing of rest.
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My people will live in peaceful dwelling places, in secure homes, in undisturbed places of rest.
19 And the hail, when it shall come down, <em>shall be</em> in the forest; and the city shall be completely laid low.
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Though hail flattens the forest and the city is leveled completely,
20 Blessed <em>are</em> ye that sow upon all waters, ye that plow with the ox and with the ass.
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how blessed you will be, sowing your seed by every stream, and letting your cattle and donkeys range free.
The Jubilee Bible (from the Scriptures of the Reformation), edited by Russell M. Stendal, Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2010
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