CHAP. XXXII.
The blessings of the reign of
Christ. The desolation of
the Jews, and prosperity of
the church of Christ.
1 Behold a king shall
reign in justice, and princes
shall rule in judgment.
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 desart
land.
3 The eyes of them that
see, shall not be dim, and the
ears of them that hear, shall
hearken diligently.
4 And the heart of fools
shall understand knowledge,
and the tongue of stammerers
shall speak readily and plain.
5 The fool shall no more
be called prince: neither shall
the deceitful be called great:
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.
7 The vessels of the deceitful
are most wicked: for he
hath framed devices to undo
the meek, with lying words,
when the poor man speaketh
judgment.
8 But the prince will devise
such things, as are worthy of
a prince, and he shall stand
above the rulers.
9 Rise up, ye rich women,
and hear my voice: ye confident
daughters, give ear 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.
11 Be astonished, ye rich
women, be troubled, ye
confident ones: strip you,
and be confounded, gird your
loins.
12 Mourn for your breasts,
for the delightful country, for
the fruitful vineyard.
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?
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,
15 Until the spirit be poured
upon us from on high: and
the desart shall be as a charmel,
and charmel shall be
counted for a forest.
16 And judgment shall
dwell in the wilderness, and
justice shall sit in charmel.
17 And the work of justice
shall be peace, and the
service of justice quietness, and
security for ever.
18 And my people shall sit
-- --
in the beauty of peace, and
in the tabernacles of confidence,
and in wealthy rest.
19 But hail shall be in
the descent of the forest,
and the city shall be made
very low.
20 Blessed are ye, that
sow upon all waters, sending
thither the foot of the
ox and the ass.
Challoner [1752], THE NEW TESTAMENT OF Our LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. Translated out of the Latin Vulgat Diligently compared with the original Greek And first published by the English College of Rhemes, anno 1582. Newly revised, and corrected according to the Clementin Edition of the Scriptures. WITH ANNOTATIONS For clearing up modern Controversies in Religion, and other Difficulties of Holy Writ () [word count] [B12000].
