Isaiah 32
32
CHAPTER 32
1Lo! the king shall reign in rightfulness, and the princes shall be sovereigns in doom.
2And a man shall be, as he that is hid from [the] wind, and hideth himself from tempest; as streams of waters in thirst, and the shadow of a stone standing far out in a desert land.
3The eyes of seers, that is, prophets, shall not dim, and the ears of hearers shall hearken diligently;
4and the heart of fools shall understand knowing, and the tongue of stuttering men shall speak swiftly, and plainly.
5He that is unwise shall no more be called prince, and a guileful man shall not be called the greater.
6Forsooth a fool shall speak folly things, and his heart shall do wicked-ness, that he perform feigning, and speak to the Lord guilefully; and he shall make void the soul of an hungry man, and shall take away drink from a thirsty man.
7The vessels of a guileful man be worst; for he shall make ready thoughts to lose mild men in the word of a lie, when a poor man spake doom.
8Forsooth a prince shall think those things that be worthy to a prince, and he shall stand over dukes.
9Rich women, rise ye, and hear my voice; daughters trusting, perceive ye with ears my speech.
10For why after days and a year, and ye that trust shall be troubled; for why [the] vintage is ended, gathering shall no more come.
11Ye rich women, be astonied; ye that trust, be troubled; unclothe ye you, and be ye ashamed; gird your loins;
12wail ye on breasts, on the desirable country, on the plenteous vinery [or vineyard].
13Thorns and briars shall ascend [or go up] on the earth of my people; how much more on all the houses of joy of the city making full out joy?
14For why the house is left, the multitude of the city is forsaken; darknesses and groping be made on [the] dens, till into without end. The joy of wild asses is the pasture of flocks;
15till the spirit be shed [or poured] out on us from on high, and the desert shall be into Carmel, and Carmel shall be areckoned into a forest.
16And doom shall dwell in wilder-ness, and rightfulness [or rightwiseness] shall sit in Carmel;
17and the work of rightfulness [or rightwiseness] shall be peace, and the tilth of rightfulness [or rightwiseness] shall be stillness and secureness, till into without end.
18And my people shall sit in the fairness of peace, and in the tabernacles of trust, and in rich rest.
19But hail shall be in the coming down of the forest, and by lowness the city shall be made low.
20Blessed be ye, that sow on all waters, and send in the foot of an ox and of an ass.
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Wycliffe’s Bible with Modern Spelling ©2017
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Isaiah 32
32
1Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness,
and princes shall rule in justice.
2A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind,
and a covert from the storm,
as streams of water in a dry place,
as the shade of a large rock in a weary land.
3The eyes of those who see will not be dim,
and the ears of those who hear will listen.
4The heart of the rash will understand knowledge,
and the tongue of the stammerers will be ready to speak plainly.
5The fool will no longer be called noble,
nor the scoundrel be highly respected.
6For the fool will speak folly,
and his heart will work iniquity,
to practice profanity,
and to utter error against Yahweh,
to make empty the soul of the hungry,
and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
7The ways of the scoundrel are evil.
He devises wicked plans to destroy the humble with lying words,
even when the needy speaks right.
8But the noble devises noble things,
and he will continue in noble things.
9Rise up, you women who are at ease! Hear my voice!
You careless daughters, give ear to my speech!
10For days beyond a year you will be troubled, you careless women;
for the vintage will fail.
The harvest won’t come.
11Tremble, you women who are at ease!
Be troubled, you careless ones!
Strip yourselves, make yourselves naked,
and put sackcloth on your waist.
12Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields,
for the fruitful vine.
13Thorns and briers will come up on my people’s land;
yes, on all the houses of joy in the joyous city.
14For the palace will be forsaken.
The populous city will be deserted.
The hill and the watchtower will be for dens forever,
a delight for wild donkeys,
a pasture of flocks,
15until the Spirit is poured on us from on high,
and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field,
and the fruitful field is considered a forest.
16Then justice will dwell in the wilderness;
and righteousness will remain in the fruitful field.
17The work of righteousness will be peace,
and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever.
18My people will live in a peaceful habitation,
in safe dwellings,
and in quiet resting places,
19though hail flattens the forest,
and the city is leveled completely.
20Blessed are you who sow beside all waters,
who send out the feet of the ox and the donkey.
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