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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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.”

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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