1Listen to this! Some day there will be a righteous king,
2Each of them will be like [MET] a shelter from the wind
3When that happens, those leaders will enable people who have not understood [MET] God’s truth to understand it,
4Even those who act very hastily will have good sense,
5At that time, people who are foolish/unwise will no longer be ◄admired/looked up to►,
6Foolish people say things that are foolish,
7Scoundrels do things that are evil and that deceive people;
8But honorable people plan to do honorable/good things,
9You women of Jerusalem who think that you are very secure/safe
10One year from now, you who now ◄are not worried about anything/think that everything is going well► will tremble,
11So tremble now, you women who are not worried about anything!
12Beat/Hit your breasts to show that you are grieving about what will happen in your fertile fields and to your fruitful grapevines,
13because only thorns and thistles will grow in your soil.
14The king’s palace will be empty;
15It will be like that until God pours his Spirit out on us from heaven.
16People [PRS] will act/rule justly/fairly in those desert areas,
17And the result of their acting righteously will be that there will be peace,
18My people will live in their homes peacefully, and safely, and calmly,
19Even if a severe hailstorm knocks down the trees in the forest,
20Yahweh will greatly bless you;