Isaiah 32
Legacy Standard Bible
A King Will Reign Righteously
32 Behold, a (A)king will reign righteously
And princes will rule justly.
2 Each will be like a (B)refuge from the wind
And a shelter from the storm,
Like [a](C)streams of water in a dry country,
Like the (D)shade of a [b]huge rock in [c]a weary land.
3 Then (E)the eyes of those who see will not be [d]blinded,
And the ears of those who hear will pay attention.
4 And the heart of the (F)hasty will discern knowledge,
And the tongue of the stammerers will hasten to speak clearly.
5 No longer will the (G)wicked fool be called noble,
Or the rogue be spoken of as generous.
6 For a wicked fool speaks wicked folly,
And his heart (H)does wickedness:
To do (I)ungodliness and to speak error against Yahweh,
In order to (J)make the hungry person empty;
He even causes the thirsty to lack a drink.
7 As for a rogue, his weapons are evil;
He (K)counsels wicked schemes
To (L)wreak destruction on the afflicted with lying words,
(M)Even though the needy one speaks justly.
8 But (N)the noble man counsels noble plans;
And by noble plans he rises up.
9 Rise up, you (O)women who are at ease,
And hear my voice;
(P)Give ear to my word,
You complacent daughters.
10 Within a year and a few days
You will quake, O complacent daughters;
(Q)For the grape harvest is ended,
And the fruit gathering will not come.
11 Tremble, you women who are at ease;
(R)Quake, you complacent daughters;
(S)Strip, undress, and put sackcloth on your waist,
12 (T)Beat your breasts for the desirable fields, for the fruitful vine,
13 (U)For the land of my people in which thorns and briars shall come up,
Indeed, against all the joyful houses and the (V)exultant city.
14 Because (W)the palace has been abandoned, the [e]populated (X)city forsaken.
[f]Hill and watchtower have become (Y)caves forever,
A joy for (Z)wild donkeys, a pasture for flocks,
15 Until the (AA)Spirit is poured out upon us from on high,
And the wilderness becomes a (AB)fruitful orchard,
And the fruitful orchard is counted as a forest.
16 Then (AC)justice will dwell in the wilderness,
And righteousness will live in the fruitful orchard.
17 And the (AD)work of righteousness will be peace,
And the service of righteousness, (AE)quietness and security forever.
18 Then my people will live in a (AF)peaceful abode,
And in secure dwellings and in undisturbed (AG)resting places;
19 And it will (AH)hail when the (AI)forest comes down,
And (AJ)the city will be utterly laid low.
20 How (AK)blessed will you be, you who sow beside all waters,
Who [g]let out freely the ox and the donkey.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 32:2 Lit canals
- Isaiah 32:2 Lit heavy
- Isaiah 32:2 Lit an exhausted
- Isaiah 32:3 Or turned away
- 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
International Standard Version
The Government of Justice
32 “Look, a king will reign in righteousness,
and rulers will rule with justice.
2 Each one will be like a shelter from the wind
and a hiding place from[a] storms,
like streams of water in the desert,
in[b] the shadow of a great rock in an exhausted[c] land.
3 Then the eyes of those who can see won’t turn away,
and the ears of those who can hear will listen.
4 The hearts of reckless people will understand sound judgment,
and the tongues of those who stammer will be ready to speak clearly.
5 People will no longer call a fool[d] noble,
nor will a bad person be declared honorable.
6 For fools utter contempt,
and their minds plot[e] wrong things:
practicing ungodliness,
spreading lies about the Lord,
leaving the pangs of hungry people unsatisfied,
and depriving thirsty people of drink.
7 Furthermore, the crimes of bad people are evil;
and[f] they devise wicked schemes,
destroying the poor[g] with lying words,
even when needy people plead[h] a just cause.
8 But those who are decent plan noble things,
and by noble deeds they stand.”
A Rebuke for Complacent Women
9 “As for you ladies of leisure—
Get up and listen to my voice!
You daughters who feel so complacent—
hear what I have to say!
10 In little more than a year,
you complacent women will shudder;
for the grape harvest will fail,
and the fruit harvest will not[i] come.
11 So tremble, you ladies of leisure!
Shudder, you daughters who feel so complacent!
Strip down and make yourselves naked down to the waist![j]
Then wrap yourself in[k] sackcloth and beat your breasts.[l]
12 For people will be beating their breasts
in mourning[m] over the pleasant fields,
over the fruitful vines,
13 and over the land of my people
overgrown with thorns and[n] briers—
yes, over all the houses of merriment
and over this city of revelry.
14 “For the palace will be abandoned,
the noisy city deserted;
the citadel and watchtower
will become barren wastes forever,
the delight of wild donkeys,
and a pasture for[o] flocks,
15 until the Spirit from on high is poured upon us,
and the desert becomes a fertile field,
and the fertile field seems like a forest.”
Restoration of God’s Reign
16 “Then justice will live in the wilderness,
and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field.
17 The effect of righteousness will be peace,
and the result of righteousness will be quietness and confidence forever.
18 My people will live in peaceful dwellings,
in secure homes and in undisturbed resting places.
19 But it will hail when the forest comes down,
and the wood[p] will be leveled completely.
20 How happy you will be, sowing your seed beside every stream,
and[q] letting your[r] cattle and donkeys range freely!”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 32:2 So 1QIsaa; MT reads of
- Isaiah 32:2 So 1QIsaa; MT reads like
- Isaiah 32:2 Or thirsty
- Isaiah 32:5 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads No longer will a fool will be called
- Isaiah 32:6 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads work
- Isaiah 32:7 So 1QIsaa LXX; the Heb. lacks and
- Isaiah 32:7 1QIsaa and MT use two different synonyms
- Isaiah 32:7 So 1QIsaa; cf. LXX; MT reads a needy one pleads
- Isaiah 32:10 So 1QIsaa; MT reads without
- Isaiah 32:11 Lit. the loins; so 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads to loins
- Isaiah 32:11 1QIsaa MT LXX lack yourself in
- Isaiah 32:11 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack and beat your breasts
- Isaiah 32:12 1QIsaa MT lack mourning
- Isaiah 32:13 So 1QIsaa LXX; the Heb. lacks and
- Isaiah 32:14 So 1QIsaa; MT reads of; cf. LXX
- Isaiah 32:19 So 1QIsaa; MT reads the city; LXX lacks the wood
- Isaiah 32:20 So 1QIsaa; the Heb. lacks and
- Isaiah 32:20 Lit. letting the feet of your
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