Isaiah 32
32
A King Will Reign in Righteousness
1Behold, #Ps. 72:1, 2, 4; Jer. 23:5; See ch. 11:1-4a king will reign in righteousness,
and princes will rule in justice.
2 # ch. 4:6; 25:4 Each will be like a hiding place from the wind,
a shelter from the storm,
# ch. 33:21 like streams of water in a dry place,
like the shade of a great rock in a weary land.
3 # See ch. 29:18 Then the eyes of those who see will not be closed,
and the ears of those who hear will give attention.
4The heart of the hasty will understand and know,
# ch. 35:6 and the tongue of the stammerers will hasten to speak distinctly.
5 # [ch. 5:20] The fool will no more be called noble,
nor the scoundrel said to be honorable.
6For #1 Sam. 24:13 the fool speaks folly,
and his heart is busy with iniquity,
to practice ungodliness,
to utter error concerning the Lord,
# [ch. 3:14, 15] to leave the craving of the hungry unsatisfied,
and to deprive the thirsty of drink.
7As for the scoundrel—#Mic. 2:1, 2his devices are evil;
he plans wicked schemes
to ruin the poor with lying words,
even when the plea of the needy is right.
8But he who is noble plans noble things,
and on noble things he stands.
Complacent Women Warned of Disaster
9 # See ch. 3:16–4:1 Rise up, you women #Amos 6:1who are at ease, hear my voice;
you complacent daughters, give ear to my speech.
10In little more than a year
you will shudder, you complacent women;
for the grape harvest fails,
the fruit harvest will not come.
11Tremble, you women #[See ver. 9 above] who are at ease,
shudder, you complacent ones;
# [ch. 47:2, 3] strip, and make yourselves bare,
# See Gen. 37:34 and tie sackcloth around your waist.
12 # [ch. 24:7] Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields,
for the fruitful vine,
13 # ch. 7:23; 34:13; Hos. 9:6 for the soil of my people
growing up in thorns and briers,
# [ch. 24:11, 12] yes, for all the joyous houses
in the exultant city.
14For the palace is forsaken,
the populous city deserted;
the hill and the watchtower
will become dens forever,
#
Jer. 2:24
a joy of wild donkeys,
a pasture of flocks;
15until #[ch. 11:2; Joel 2:28] the Spirit is poured upon us from on high,
and #ch. 35:1, 2; [ch. 29:17]the wilderness becomes a fruitful field,
and the fruitful field is deemed a forest.
16Then justice will dwell in the wilderness,
and righteousness abide in the fruitful field.
17 #
James 3:18; [ch. 1:27; Ps. 72:3; 119:165] And the effect of righteousness will be peace,
and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust#32:17 Or security forever.
18My people will abide in a peaceful habitation,
in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.
19 # ch. 28:2, 17 And it will hail when the forest falls down,
# ch. 26:5 and the city will be utterly laid low.
20 #
Eccles. 11:1; [ch. 30:23] Happy are you who sow beside all waters,
who let the feet of the ox and the donkey range free.
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Isaiah 32
32
The Kingdom of Righteousness
1See, a king will rule according to righteousness,
and princes will rule according to justice.
2And each one will be like a hiding place from the wind
and a covering from the rainstorm,
like streams of water in a dry region,
like the shade of a large rock in a weary land.
3And the eyes of those who see will not gaze,#The same consonants with different vowels would be translated “be blinded,” which fits the context better
and the ears of those who hear will listen.
4And the minds#Literally “heart” of the rash will understand knowledge,#Literally “to know”
and the tongues#Hebrew “tongue” of stammerers will hasten to speak clearly.
5A fool will no longer be called noble,
and a scoundrel will not be said to be eminent.
6For a fool speaks folly,
and his mind#Literally “heart” does iniquity:
to behave wickedly,#Literally “do ungodliness”
and to speak error concerning Yahweh,
to leave the throat of the hungry empty,
and he deprives the thirsty of drink.
7And a scoundrel, his weapons are evil;
he plans evil devices
to ruin the poor with words of deception
even#Or “and” when the speech of the needy is right.
8But#Or “And” the nobleman plans noble things,
and he stands upon noble things.
Against the Carefree Women
9Women who are at ease, rise up; hear my voice!
Carefree daughters, listen to my word!
10In a year#Literally “In days upon a year” you will tremble, carefree ones,
for the vintage will come to an end;
the harvest will not come.
11Tremble, you who are at ease;
tremble, carefree ones;
strip, and strip yourself,
and gird yourself on your loins,#Although the carefree and at ease addressees in this verse are feminine plural (“you women”), the commands are masculine singular in form
12mourning over breasts,
over fields of delight,
over the fruitful vine,
13over the soil of my people.
It goes up in thorns#Hebrew “thorn” and briers,#Hebrew “brier”
indeed over all of the houses of joy in the jubilant city.
14For the palace will be forsaken,
the crowded city#Literally “crowd of the city” deserted;
the hill and the watchtower will become#The Hebrew text has “for the benefit of” following “become” a cave forever,
the joy of wild asses, a pasture for#Literally “of” flocks.
15Until a spirit is poured out on us from on high,
and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field,
and the fruitful field is reckoned as the forest.
16Then#Or “And” justice will dwell in the wilderness,
and righteousness will live in the fruitful field.
17And the work of righteousness will be peace,
and the work of righteousness, quietness and security forever.
18And my people will dwell in a settlement of peace
and in a dwelling place of security
and in undisturbed resting places.
19And it hails when the forest comes down,#Literally “the coming down of the forest”
and the city will become low in humiliation.
20Happy are you who sow by all waters,
who let the foot of the ox and the donkey go free.
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