5. Then a fool will no longer be called honorable,nor a villain considered respectable.
6. Fools speak folly;their minds devise wickedness,acting irreverently,speaking falsely of the Lord, leaving the hungry empty,and depriving the thirsty of drink.
7. As for the villain, his villainies are evil.He plans schemes to destroy the poor with lying words,even when the needy speak justly.
8. But an honorable person plans honorable thingsand stands up for what is honorable.
9. Women of leisure, stand up! Hear my voice!Carefree daughters, listen to my word!
10. In a little over a year,the carefree will shudder,because the grape harvest will fail;the vintage won’t arrive.
11. Tremble, all of you who are at ease;shudder, all of you who are secure!Strip yourselves, bare your skin,and tie mourning clothes around your waist,
12. beating your breasts for the pleasant fields,for the fruitful vine,
13. for my people’s soilgrowing barbs and thorns,for all the joyous housesin the jubilant town.
14. The palace will be deserted,the crowded city abandoned.Stronghold and watchtowerwill become empty fields forever,suited for the pleasure of wild donkeys,and a pasture for flocks—
15. until a spirit from on highis poured out on us,and the desert turns into farmland, and the farmland is considered a forest.