The Book of the Prophet Isaiah

 1 Behold, a ^aking shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in ^bjudgment.

 2 And ^aa man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.

 3 And the ^aeyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.

 4 The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.

 5 The vile person shall be no more called ^aliberal, nor the ^bchurl said to be ^cbountiful.

 6 For the vile person will speak ^avillany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise ^bhypocrisy, and to utter error against the Lord, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

 7 The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with ^alying words, even when the needy speaketh right.

 8 But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.

 9 ¶Rise up, ye ^awomen that are at ease; hear my voice, ye ^bcareless daughters; give ear unto my speech.

 10 Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall ^afail, the gathering shall not come.

 11 Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird ^asackcloth upon your loins.

 12 They shall ^alament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.

 13 Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:

 14 Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city ^ashall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;

 15 Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a ^afruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.

 16 Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.

 17 And the work of righteousness shall be ^apeace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and ^bassurance for ever.

 18 And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;

 19 When it shall ^ahail, coming down on the forest; and the ^bcity shall be low in a low place.

 20 Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.