Isaiah 32-33
New American Standard Bible 1995
The Glorious Future
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 parched land.
3 Then (E)the eyes of those who see will not be [d]blinded,
And the ears of those who hear will listen.
4 The [e]mind of the (F)hasty will discern the [f]truth,
And the tongue of the stammerers will hasten to speak clearly.
5 No longer will the (G)fool be called noble,
Or the rogue be spoken of as generous.
6 For a fool speaks nonsense,
And his heart [g](H)inclines toward wickedness:
To practice (I)ungodliness and to speak error against the Lord,
To [h](J)keep the hungry person unsatisfied
And [i]to withhold drink from the thirsty.
7 As for a rogue, his weapons are evil;
He (K)devises wicked schemes
To (L)destroy the afflicted with [j]slander,
(M)Even though the needy one speaks [k]what is right.
8 But (N)the noble man devises noble plans;
And by noble plans he stands.
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 be troubled, O complacent daughters;
(Q)For the vintage is ended,
And the fruit gathering will not come.
11 Tremble, you women who are at ease;
(R)Be troubled, you complacent daughters;
(S)Strip, undress and put sackcloth on your waist,
12 (T)Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine,
13 (U)For the land of my people in which thorns and briars shall come up;
Yea, for all the joyful houses and for the (V)jubilant city.
14 Because (W)the palace has been abandoned, the [l]populated (X)city forsaken.
[m]Hill and watch-tower have become (Y)caves forever,
A delight 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)fertile field,
And the fertile field is considered as a forest.
16 Then (AC)justice will dwell in the wilderness
And righteousness will abide in the fertile field.
17 And the (AD)work of righteousness will be peace,
And the service of righteousness, (AE)quietness and [n]confidence forever.
18 Then my people will live in a (AF)peaceful habitation,
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 [o]let out freely the ox and the donkey.
The Judgment of God
33 Woe (AL)to you, O destroyer,
While you were not destroyed;
And he (AM)who is treacherous, while others did not deal treacherously with him.
As soon as you finish destroying, (AN)you will be destroyed;
As soon as you cease to deal treacherously, others will (AO)deal treacherously with you.
2 O Lord, (AP)be gracious to us; we have (AQ)waited for You.
Be [p]their [q](AR)strength every morning,
Our salvation also in the (AS)time of distress.
3 At the sound of the tumult (AT)peoples flee;
At the (AU)lifting up of Yourself nations disperse.
4 Your spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathers;
As locusts rushing about men rush about on it.
5 The Lord is (AV)exalted, for He dwells on high;
He has (AW)filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
6 And He will be the [r](AX)stability of your times,
A (AY)wealth of salvation, wisdom and (AZ)knowledge;
The (BA)fear of the Lord is his treasure.
7 Behold, their brave men cry in [s]the streets,
The [t](BB)ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.
8 The highways are desolate, [u]the (BC)traveler has ceased,
He has (BD)broken the covenant, he has despised the cities,
He has no regard for man.
9 (BE)The land mourns and pines away,
(BF)Lebanon is shamed and withers;
(BG)Sharon is like a desert plain,
And Bashan and Carmel [v]lose their foliage.
10 “Now (BH)I will arise,” says the Lord,
“Now I will be exalted, now I will be lifted up.
11 “You have (BI)conceived [w]chaff, you will give birth to stubble;
[x]My (BJ)breath will consume you like a fire.
12 “The peoples will be burned to lime,
(BK)Like cut thorns which are burned in the fire.
13 “You who are far away, (BL)hear what I have done;
And you who are near, [y]acknowledge My might.”
14 (BM)Sinners in Zion are terrified;
(BN)Trembling has seized the godless.
“Who among us can live with (BO)the consuming fire?
Who among us can live with [z]continual (BP)burning?”
15 He who (BQ)walks righteously and speaks with sincerity,
He who rejects [aa]unjust gain
And shakes his hands so that they hold no bribe;
He who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed
And (BR)shuts his eyes from looking upon evil;
16 He will dwell on the heights,
(BS)His refuge will be the [ab]impregnable rock;
(BT)His bread will be given him,
His water will be sure.
17 Your eyes will see (BU)the King in His beauty;
They will behold (BV)a far-distant land.
18 Your heart will meditate on (BW)terror:
“Where is (BX)he who counts?
Where is he who weighs?
Where is he who counts the towers?”
19 You will no longer see a fierce people,
A people of [ac](BY)unintelligible speech [ad]which no one comprehends,
Of a stammering tongue [ae]which no one understands.
20 (BZ)Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts;
Your eyes will see Jerusalem, an (CA)undisturbed habitation,
(CB)A tent which will not be folded;
Its stakes will never be pulled up,
Nor any of its cords be torn apart.
21 But there the majestic One, the Lord, will be for us
A place of (CC)rivers and wide canals
On which no boat with oars will go,
And on which no mighty ship will pass—
22 For the Lord is our (CD)judge,
The Lord is (CE)our lawgiver,
The Lord is (CF)our king;
(CG)He will save us—
23 Your tackle hangs slack;
It cannot hold the base of its mast firmly,
Nor spread out the sail.
Then the (CH)prey of an abundant spoil will be divided;
(CI)The lame will take the plunder.
24 And no resident will say, “I am (CJ)sick”;
The people who dwell [af]there will be (CK)forgiven their iniquity.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 32:2 Lit canals
- Isaiah 32:2 Lit heavy
- Isaiah 32:2 Lit an exhausted
- Isaiah 32:3 Or turned away
- Isaiah 32:4 Lit heart
- Isaiah 32:4 Lit knowledge
- Isaiah 32:6 Or does
- Isaiah 32:6 Lit make empty the hungry soul
- Isaiah 32:6 Lit he causes to lack
- Isaiah 32:7 Lit words of falsehood
- Isaiah 32:7 Lit justly
- Isaiah 32:14 Lit multitude of the
- Isaiah 32:14 Or Ophel
- Isaiah 32:17 Or security
- Isaiah 32:20 Lit send out the foot of the ox
- Isaiah 33:2 Some versions read our
- Isaiah 33:2 Lit arm
- Isaiah 33:6 Or faithfulness
- Isaiah 33:7 Lit the outside
- Isaiah 33:7 Lit messengers
- Isaiah 33:8 Lit he who passes along the way
- Isaiah 33:9 Lit shake off
- Isaiah 33:11 Lit dry grass
- Isaiah 33:11 So one ancient version; M.T. reads Your breath will
- Isaiah 33:13 Lit know
- Isaiah 33:14 Lit everlasting
- Isaiah 33:15 Lit gain of extortioners
- Isaiah 33:16 Lit stronghold of rock
- Isaiah 33:19 Lit deepness of lip
- Isaiah 33:19 Lit from hearing
- Isaiah 33:19 Lit there is no understanding
- Isaiah 33:24 Lit in it
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