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Isaiah 32:16-18
New English Translation
Isaiah 32:16-18
New English Translation
16 Justice will settle down in the wilderness
and fairness will live in the orchard.[a]
17 Fairness will produce peace[b]
and result in lasting security.[c]
18 My people will live in peaceful settlements,
in secure homes,
and in safe, quiet places.[d]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 32:16 sn This new era of divine blessing will also include a moral/ethical transformation, as justice and fairness fill the land and replace the social injustice so prevalent in Isaiah’s time.
- Isaiah 32:17 tn Heb “and the product of fairness will be peace.”
- Isaiah 32:17 tn Heb “and the work of fairness [will be] calmness and security forever.”
- Isaiah 32:18 tn Or “in safe resting places”; NAB, NRSV “quiet resting places.”
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