Isaiah 32
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The Kingdom of Justice
1See, a king will reign justly
and princes will rule rightly.#Is 9:6; 11:4; 16:5; Ps 72:1–4; Jer 23:5–6.
2Each of them will be like a shelter from the wind,
a refuge from the rain.
They will be like streams of water in a dry country,
like the shade of a great rock in a parched land.#Is 4:6; 16:4; 25:4.
3The eyes of those who see will not be closed;
the ears of those who hear will be attentive.#Is 6:10; 29:18; 35:5.
4The hasty of heart shall take thought to know,
and tongues of stutterers shall speak readily and clearly.
5No more will the fool be called noble,
nor the deceiver be considered honorable.#Is 5:20.
6For the fool speaks folly,
his heart plans evil:
Godless actions,
perverse speech against the Lord,
Letting the hungry go empty
and the thirsty without drink.#Prv 15:2.
7The deceits of the deceiver are evil,
he plans devious schemes:
To ruin the poor with lies,
and the needy when they plead their case.#Is 29:20–21; Mi 2:1.
8But the noble plan noble deeds,
and in noble deeds they persist.
The Women of Jerusalem
9You women so complacent, rise up and hear my voice,
daughters so confident, give heed to my words.#Is 3:16–24; Am 6:1.
10In a little more than a year
your confidence will be shaken;
For the vintage will fail,
no fruit harvest will come in.#Zep 1:13.
11Tremble, you who are so complacent!
Shudder, you who are so confident!
Strip yourselves bare,
with only a loincloth for cover.#Is 20:2; Jer 4:8; Mi 1:8.
12Beat your breasts
for the pleasant fields,
for the fruitful vine;#Is 16:9.
13For the soil of my people,
overgrown with thorns and briers;
For all the joyful houses,
the exultant city.#Is 5:6; 7:23–25; 22:2; 34:13.
14The castle#The castle: the fortified royal palace in Jerusalem. Citadel: Ophel, the fortified hill, with its stronghold called “the great projecting tower” (Neh 3:27). will be forsaken,
the noisy city deserted;
Citadel and tower will become wasteland forever,
the joy of wild donkeys, the pasture of flocks;#Is 7:25; 24:10–11.
15#32:15–18, 20] Extraordinary peace and prosperity will come to Israel under just rulers. Until the spirit from on high
is poured out on us.
And the wilderness becomes a garden land
and the garden land seems as common as forest.#Is 44:3; Ps 104:30; Ez 37:9–10; Jl 3:1–2.
16Then judgment will dwell in the wilderness
and justice abide in the garden land.
17The work of justice will be peace;
the effect of justice, calm and security forever.#Is 9:6; 30:15; 33:15–16; Ps 72:2–3, 7; Jas 3:18.
18My people will live in peaceful country,
in secure dwellings and quiet resting places.#Jer 23:6; Mi 4:4.
19And the forest will come down completely,
the city will be utterly laid low.#Probably from a different context, perhaps after v. 14a. #Is 10:33–34; 26:5.
20Happy are you who sow beside every stream,
and let the ox and the donkey go freely!#Is 7:25; 30:18, 23.
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Isaiah 32
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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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