3. And the eyes of those that see shall not be dim, and the ears of those 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 no longer be called liberal, nor the greedy said to be bountiful.
6. For the vile person will speak villainy, and his heart will invent iniquity to work unrighteousness and to speak scornfully against the Lord, leaving the soul of the hungry empty and taking away the drink of the thirsty.
7. Certainly the greedy use evil measures: he devises wicked devices to ensnare the simple with lying words and to speak in judgment against the poor.
8. But the liberal devises liberal things; and by liberal things shall he rise.
9. Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.
10. Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, and the harvest shall not come in.
11. Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make yourselves bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.
12. Upon their breasts they shall lament for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
13. Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; even upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city: