Isaiah 32:12-20
New American Standard Bible
12 (A)Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine,
13 (B)For the land of my people in which thorns and briars will come up;
Indeed, for all the joyful houses and for the (C)jubilant city.
14 For (D)the palace has been neglected, the [a]populated (E)city abandoned.
[b]Hill and watch-tower have become (F)caves forever,
A delight 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)fertile field,
And the fertile field is considered as a forest.
16 Then (J)justice will dwell in the wilderness,
And righteousness will remain in the fertile field.
17 And the (K)work of righteousness will be peace,
And the service of righteousness, (L)quietness and [c]confidence forever.
18 Then my people will live in a (M)peaceful settlement,
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 [d]let the ox and the donkey out freely.
Footnotes
- 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 32:12-20
International Standard Version
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!”
Footnotes
- 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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