Isaiah 32
32
1Watch! A king is coming who does what's right when he rules, and those who rule under him will act fairly. 2Each one will be like a shelter from the wind, like a protection from the storm, like rivers of water in the dry desert, like the shade of a large rock in a sun-baked#32:2. “Sun-baked”: literally, “faint, weary”—in other words an oppressively hot climate that causes fatigue. land.
3Then everyone with eyes will be able to truly see, and everyone who has ears will be able to truly hear. 4Those whose minds are impulsive will be sensible and think things through; those who stammer will speak clearly. 5No longer will fools be called respectable or crooks highly-regarded. 6For fools only talk foolishness, thinking evil things. They act in opposition to the Lord, misrepresenting him in what they say. They refuse to give food to the hungry and deny water to the thirsty. 7Cheats use evil methods; they devise schemes to ruin the poor with lies, even when right is on the side of the poor. 8But noble people act unselfishly; they keep to their principles of generosity.
9Get up, you women who are lying around relaxing, and pay attention to what I'm saying! You ladies without a care in the world, listen to me! 10In just over a year, you who think yourselves so safe will tremble with fear. The grape harvest is going to fail and there'll be no harvest. 11Shudder, you women relaxing! Tremble, you ladies who feel so safe! Strip off your clothes, bare yourselves and put on sackcloth around your waists. 12Beat your breasts in sadness over the loss of your lovely fields, your productive vines, 13over the loss of the land of my people. Mourn because it's now overgrown with thorns and brambles, mourn because of the loss of all the happy homes and joyful towns. 14The palace is abandoned, the crowded town is deserted. Castles and watch towers will forever become homes loved by wild donkeys, and places where sheep graze, 15until the Spirit is poured out on us from above, and the desert becomes like a good field full of crops, and a good field will grow like a forest.
16Then people living in the desert will practice justice, and those living among the fields will do what is right. 17Living right will bring peace and security that endures. 18My people will live in peace, safe and secure in their homes. 19Even though hail can destroy a forest, and a town can be demolished, 20you will be happy as you sow your crops beside the waters and let your cattle and donkeys roam freely.
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Isaiah 32
32
Reign in Righteousness
1Behold, a king will reign in righteousness and princes will rule in justice.
2Each will be like a refuge from the wind and a shelter from the storm, like streams of water in a dry place, like the shade of a massive rock in a weary land.
3Then the eyes of those who see will not be closed, and the ears of those who hear will pay attention.
4The heart of the hasty will understand knowledge, and the tongue of stammerers will speak fluently, clearly.
5No longer will a fool be called noble, or a scoundrel said to be a gentleman.
6For the fool speaks foolishness and his heart works wickedness, to practice ungodliness, and speak error about Adonai, to deprive the hungry of food and withhold drink from the thirsty.
7The scoundrel’s methods are evil— he makes up wicked schemes to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.
8But the noble devises noble plans, and for noble causes he stands.
9Rise up, you women at ease, And hear my voice. You complacent daughters, give ear to my words.
10Within a year and a few days you will shudder, complacent ones. For the grape harvest will fail and the gathering will not come.
11Tremble, you women at ease! Shudder, you complacent ones! Strip and make yourselves bare, and put sackcloth on your waist.
12Beat your breasts lamenting for pleasant fields, for fruitful vine,
13for the land of my people, where thorns and briars come up, for all the joyful houses of the jubilant city.
14For the palace will be abandoned; the bustling city will be deserted; the citadel and watchtower will become a wasteland forever, a delight of wild donkeys, a pasture for flocks,
15until the Ruach is poured out on us from on high, and the desert becomes a garden, and a garden seems like a forest.
16Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness abide in the garden.
17The result of righteousness will be shalom and the effect of righteousness will be quietness and confidence forever.
18My people will live in a peaceful place, in secure dwellings, quiet resting places.
19Then hail will flatten the forest; and the city will be utterly laid low.
20Blessed are you, sowing by all waters, letting the feet of the ox and the donkey range free.
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