Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible RHE
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1 Behold a king shall reign in justice, and princes shall rule in judgment.
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See, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice.
2 And a man shall be as when one is hid from the wind, and hideth himself from a storm, as rivers of waters in drought, and the shadow of a rock that standeth out in a desert land.
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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.
3 The eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken diligently.
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Then the eyes of those who have sight will not be closed, and the ears of those who have hearing will listen.
4 And the heart of fools shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of stammerers shall speak readily and plain.
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The minds of the rash will have good judgment, and the tongues of stammerers will speak readily and distinctly.
5 The fool shall no more be called prince: neither shall the deceitful be called great:
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A fool will no longer be called noble, nor a villain said to be honorable.
6 For the fool will speak foolish things, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and speak to the Lord deceitfully, and to make empty the soul of the hungry, and take away drink from the thirsty.
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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.
7 The vessels of the deceitful are most wicked: for he hath framed devices to destroy the meek, with lying words, when the poor man speaketh judgment.
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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.
8 But the prince will devise such things as are worthy of a prince, and he shall stand above the rulers.
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But those who are noble plan noble things, and by noble things they stand.
9 Rise up, ye rich women, and hear my voice: ye confident daughters, give ear to my speech.
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Rise up, you women who are at ease, hear my voice; you complacent daughters, listen to my speech.
10 For after days and a year, you that are confident shall be troubled: for the vintage is at an end, the gathering shall come no more.
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In little more than a year you will shudder, you complacent ones; for the vintage will fail, the fruit harvest will not come.
11 Be astonished, ye rich women, be troubled, ye confident ones: strip you, and be confounded, gird your loins.
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Tremble, you women who are at ease, shudder, you complacent ones; strip, and make yourselves bare, and put sackcloth on your loins.
12 Mourn for your breasts, for the delightful country, for the fruitful vineyard.
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Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine,
13 Upon the land of my people shall thorns and briers come up: how much more upon all the houses of joy, of the city that rejoiced?
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for the soil of my people growing up in thorns and briers; yes, for all the joyous houses in the jubilant city.
14 For the house is forsaken, the multitude of the city is left, darkness and obscurity are come upon its dens for ever. A joy of wild asses, the pastures of flocks.
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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;
15 Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high: and the desert shall be as a charmel, and charmel shall be counted for a forest.
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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.
16 An judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and justice shall sit in charmel.
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Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness abide in the fruitful field.
17 And the work of justice shall be peace, and the service of justice quietness, and security for ever.
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The effect of righteousness will be peace, and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust forever.
18 And my people shall sit in the beauty of peace, and in the tabernacles of confidence, and in wealthy rest.
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My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.
19 But hail shall be in the descent of the forest, and the city shall be made very low.
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The forest will disappear completely, and the city will be utterly laid low.
20 Blessed are ye that sow upon all waters, sending thither the foot of the ox and the ass.
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Happy will you be who sow beside every stream, who let the ox and the donkey range freely.
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