1. A king will rule with fairness,and officials will rule with justice.
2. Then each ruler will be like a shelter from the windand a hiding place from the rain.They will be like streams on parched groundand the shade of a large rock in a weary land.
3. Then the vision of those who can see won’t be blurred,and the ears of those who can hear will pay attention.
4. Then those who are reckless will begin to understand,and those who stutter will speak quickly and clearly.
5. Godless fools will no longer be called nobles,nor will scoundrels be considered gentlemen.
6. Godless fools speak foolishness,and their minds plan evilin order to do ungodly things.They speak falsely about the Lord.They let people go hungryand withhold water from thirsty people.
7. The tricks of scoundrels are evil.They devise wicked plans in order to ruin poor people with lies,even when needy people plead for justice.
8. But honorable people act honorablyand stand firm for what is honorable.
9. Get up, and listen to me, you pampered women.Hear what I say, you overconfident daughters.
10. In a little less than a yearyou overconfident women will tremble,because the grape harvest will failand no fruit will be brought in ⌊from the fields⌋.
11. Shudder, you pampered women.Tremble, you overconfident women.Take off your clothes, walk around naked,and wear sackcloth around your waists.