Isaiah 32
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The Kingdom of Righteousness
1#Isa 9:6–7; Jer 33:15 See, a king shall reign in righteousness,
and princes shall rule justly.
2#Isa 25:4; 7:14 A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind,
and a shelter from the tempest,
as rivers of water in a dry place,
as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
3#Isa 29:18 The eyes of those who see shall not be blinded,
and the ears of those who hear shall listen.
4#Isa 29:24 The heart also of the hasty shall understand knowledge,
and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.
5#Isa 5:20 The vile person shall no more be called noble,
nor the rogue be spoken of as generous;
6#1Sa 24:13; Isa 3:15 for the vile person will speak nonsense,
and his heart will work iniquity:
to practice hypocrisy
and to utter error against the Lord,
to keep the hungry unsatisfied
and to withhold drink from the thirsty.
7#Jer 5:26–28; Isa 5:23 The instruments also of the rogue are evil;
he devises wicked schemes
to destroy the poor with lying words,
even when the needy speaks right.
8But the noble devises noble things,
and by noble things he stands.
The Women of Jerusalem
9#Isa 28:23; 3:16 Rise up, you women who are at ease,
hear my voice;
you careless daughters,
give ear to my speech.
10#Isa 7:23 Within a year and a few days
you shall be troubled, you careless daughters;
for the vintage is ended
and the fruit gathering shall not come.
11Tremble, you women who are at ease;
be troubled, you careless daughters;
strip, undress,
and put sackcloth on your waist.
12Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields,
for the fruitful vine,
13#Isa 22:2; 7:23 for the land of my people
in which thorns and briers shall come up,
yes, for all the joyful houses
and for the jubilant city;
14#Isa 24:10; 24:12 because the palaces have been forsaken,
the populated city is forsaken.
The forts and towers shall be caves forever,
a joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks,
15#Isa 29:17; 35:1–2 until the Spirit is poured on us from on high,
and the wilderness is a fruitful field,
and the fruitful field is counted as a forest.
The Peace of God’s Reign
16Then justice shall dwell in the wilderness,
and righteousness will abide in the fruitful field.
17#Ps 119:165; Ro 14:17 The work of righteousness shall be peace,
and the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance forever.
18#Hos 2:18–23; Zec 2:5 My people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation
and in secure dwellings
and in quiet resting places;
19#Isa 28:17; 26:5 and it shall hail when the forest comes down,
and the city shall be utterly laid low.
20#Ecc 11:1; Isa 30:23–24 How blessed are you
who sow beside all waters,
who send out freely the ox and the donkey.
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Isaiah 32
32
Israel’s Ultimate Deliverance
1Look, a righteous king is coming!
And honest princes will rule under him.
2Each one will be like a shelter from the wind
and a refuge from the storm,
like streams of water in the desert
and the shadow of a great rock in a parched land.
3Then everyone who has eyes will be able to see the truth,
and everyone who has ears will be able to hear it.
4Even the hotheads will be full of sense and understanding.
Those who stammer will speak out plainly.
5In that day ungodly fools will not be heroes.
Scoundrels will not be respected.
6For fools speak foolishness
and make evil plans.
They practice ungodliness
and spread false teachings about the Lord.
They deprive the hungry of food
and give no water to the thirsty.
7The smooth tricks of scoundrels are evil.
They plot crooked schemes.
They lie to convict the poor,
even when the cause of the poor is just.
8But generous people plan to do what is generous,
and they stand firm in their generosity.
9Listen, you women who lie around in ease.
Listen to me, you who are so smug.
10In a short time—just a little more than a year—
you careless ones will suddenly begin to care.
For your fruit crops will fail,
and the harvest will never take place.
11Tremble, you women of ease;
throw off your complacency.
Strip off your pretty clothes,
and put on burlap to show your grief.
12Beat your breasts in sorrow for your bountiful farms
and your fruitful grapevines.
13For your land will be overgrown with thorns and briers.
Your joyful homes and happy towns will be gone.
14The palace and the city will be deserted,
and busy towns will be empty.
Wild donkeys will frolic and flocks will graze
in the empty forts#32:14 Hebrew the Ophel. and watchtowers
15until at last the Spirit is poured out
on us from heaven.
Then the wilderness will become a fertile field,
and the fertile field will yield bountiful crops.
16Justice will rule in the wilderness
and righteousness in the fertile field.
17And this righteousness will bring peace.
Yes, it will bring quietness and confidence forever.
18My people will live in safety, quietly at home.
They will be at rest.
19Even if the forest should be destroyed
and the city torn down,
20the Lord will greatly bless his people.
Wherever they plant seed, bountiful crops will spring up.
Their cattle and donkeys will graze freely.
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