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
Common English Bible
12 beating your breasts for the pleasant fields,
for the fruitful vine,
13 for my people’s soil
growing barbs and thorns,
for all the joyous houses
in the jubilant town.
14 The palace will be deserted,
the crowded city abandoned.
Stronghold and watchtower
will become empty fields forever,
suited for the pleasure of wild donkeys,
and a pasture for flocks—
15 until a spirit from on high
is poured out on us,
and the desert turns into farmland, and the farmland is considered a forest.
16 Then justice will reside in wild lands,
and righteousness will abide in farmlands.
17 The fruit of righteousness will be peace,
and the outcome of righteousness,
calm and security forever.
18 Then my people will live in a peaceful dwelling,
in secure homes, in carefree resting places.
19 Even if the forest falls[a]
and the humbled city is laid low,
20 those who sow beside any stream will be happy,
sending out ox and donkey to graze.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 32:19 Or it will hail when the forest falls
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