12 Beat your breasts in mourning(A)
for the delightful fields and the fruitful vines,(B)
13 for the ground of my people
growing thorns and briers,(C)
indeed, for every joyous house in the jubilant city.

14 For the palace will be deserted,
the busy city abandoned.
The hill and the watchtower will become
barren places forever,
the joy of wild donkeys,
and a pasture for flocks,
15 until the Spirit[a] from on high is poured out on us.(D)
Then the desert will become an orchard,
and the orchard will seem like a forest.(E)
16 Then justice will inhabit the wilderness,
and righteousness will dwell in the orchard.

17 The result of righteousness will be peace;(F)
the effect of righteousness
will be quiet confidence forever.
18 Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place,
in safe and secure dwellings.
19 But hail will level the forest,[b](G)
and the city will sink into the depths.(H)
20 You will be happy as you sow seed
beside abundant water,(I)
and as you let oxen and donkeys range freely.(J)

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Notas al pie

  1. 32:15 Or a wind
  2. 32:19 Hb obscure

12 For people will be beating their breasts
    in mourning[a] over the pleasant fields,
        over the fruitful vines,
13 and over the land of my people
    overgrown with thorns and[b] 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[c] 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[d] will be leveled completely.
20 How happy you will be, sowing your seed beside every stream,
    and[e] letting your[f] cattle and donkeys range freely!”

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Notas al pie

  1. Isaiah 32:12 1QIsaa MT lack mourning
  2. Isaiah 32:13 So 1QIsaa LXX; the Heb. lacks and
  3. Isaiah 32:14 So 1QIsaa; MT reads of; cf. LXX
  4. Isaiah 32:19 So 1QIsaa; MT reads the city; LXX lacks the wood
  5. Isaiah 32:20 So 1QIsaa; the Heb. lacks and
  6. Isaiah 32:20 Lit. letting the feet of your