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Isaiah 32:12-20
Legacy Standard Bible
Isaiah 32:12-20
Legacy Standard Bible
12 (A)Beat your breasts for the desirable fields, for the fruitful vine,
13 (B)For the land of my people in which thorns and briars shall come up,
Indeed, against all the joyful houses and the (C)exultant city.
14 Because (D)the palace has been abandoned, the [a]populated (E)city forsaken.
[b]Hill and watchtower have become (F)caves forever,
A joy for (G)wild donkeys, a pasture for flocks,
15 Until the (H)Spirit is poured out upon us from on high,
And the wilderness becomes a (I)fruitful orchard,
And the fruitful orchard is counted as a forest.
16 Then (J)justice will dwell in the wilderness,
And righteousness will live in the fruitful orchard.
17 And the (K)work of righteousness will be peace,
And the service of righteousness, (L)quietness and security forever.
18 Then my people will live in a (M)peaceful abode,
And in secure dwellings and in undisturbed (N)resting places;
19 And it will (O)hail when the (P)forest comes down,
And (Q)the city will be utterly laid low.
20 How (R)blessed will you be, you who sow beside all waters,
Who [c]let out freely the ox and the donkey.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 32:14 Lit multitude of the
- Isaiah 32:14 Or Ophel
- Isaiah 32:20 Lit send out the foot of the ox
Isaiah 32:12-20
Lexham English Bible
Isaiah 32:12-20
Lexham English Bible
12 mourning over breasts,
over fields of delight,
over the fruitful vine,
13 over the soil of my people.
It goes up in thorns[a] and briers,[b]
indeed over all of the houses of joy in the jubilant city.
14 For the palace will be forsaken,
the crowded city[c] deserted;
the hill and the watchtower will become[d] a cave forever,
the joy of wild asses, a pasture for[e] flocks.
15 Until 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.
16 Then[f] justice will dwell in the wilderness,
and righteousness will live in the fruitful field.
17 And the work of righteousness will be peace,
and the work of righteousness, quietness and security forever.
18 And my people will dwell in a settlement of peace
and in a dwelling place of security
and in undisturbed resting places.
19 And it hails when the forest comes down,[g]
and the city will become low in humiliation.
20 Happy are you who sow by all waters,
who let the foot of the ox and the donkey go free.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 32:13 Hebrew “thorn”
- Isaiah 32:13 Hebrew “brier”
- Isaiah 32:14 Literally “crowd of the city”
- Isaiah 32:14 The Hebrew text has “for the benefit of” following “become”
- Isaiah 32:14 Literally “of”
- Isaiah 32:16 Or “And”
- Isaiah 32:19 Literally “the coming down of the forest”
Isaiah 32:12-20
New International Version
Isaiah 32:12-20
New International Version
12 Beat your breasts(A) for the pleasant fields,
for the fruitful vines(B)
13 and for the land of my people,
a land overgrown with thorns and briers(C)—
yes, mourn(D) for all houses of merriment
and for this city of revelry.(E)
14 The fortress(F) will be abandoned,
the noisy city deserted;(G)
citadel and watchtower(H) will become a wasteland forever,
the delight of donkeys,(I) a pasture for flocks,(J)
15 till the Spirit(K) is poured on us from on high,
and the desert becomes a fertile field,(L)
and the fertile field seems like a forest.(M)
16 The Lord’s justice(N) will dwell in the desert,(O)
his righteousness(P) live in the fertile field.
17 The fruit of that righteousness(Q) will be peace;(R)
its effect will be quietness and confidence(S) forever.
18 My people will live in peaceful(T) dwelling places,
in secure homes,(U)
in undisturbed places of rest.(V)
19 Though hail(W) flattens the forest(X)
and the city is leveled(Y) completely,
20 how blessed you will be,
sowing(Z) your seed by every stream,(AA)
and letting your cattle and donkeys range free.(AB)
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