| Isa. 32:1 |
Indeed a King will reign according to righteousness, / And the rulers will rule according to justice. |
| Isa. 32:2 |
And a man will be like a refuge from the wind / And a covering from the tempest, / Like streams of water in a dry place, / Like the shadow of a massive rock in a wasted land. |
| Isa. 32:3 |
And the eyes of those who see will not be dim, / And the ears of those who hear will attend. |
| Isa. 32:4 |
And the heart of the hasty will understand knowledge, / And the tongue of those who stammer will hasten to speak elegantly. |
| Isa. 32:5 |
The fool will no longer be called noble, / Nor will the cheat be said to be generous; |
| Isa. 32:6 |
For the fool will speak foolishness, / And his heart will commit iniquity / By committing profaneness / And by speaking error against Jehovah, / By leaving the soul of the hungry empty / And by causing drink for the thirsty to fail. |
| Isa. 32:7 |
And as for the cheat, his tools are evil; / He devises wicked schemes / To destroy the poor with false words / Even when the needy speaks rightly. |
| Isa. 32:8 |
But the noble man devises noble things, / And upon noble things he stands. |
| Isa. 32:9 |
Rise up, O women who are at ease, / And hear my voice; / O daughters of complacency, / Hearken to my words. |
| Isa. 32:10 |
In a year and some days / You will be troubled, O complacent ones; / For the vintage is at its end; / The ingathering will not come. |
| Isa. 32:11 |
Tremble, O women at ease; / Be troubled, O complacent ones. / Strip yourselves and be bare, / And gird your loins [with sackcloth.] |
| Isa. 32:12 |
They beat their breasts / For the pleasant fields, / For the fruitful vine. |
| Isa. 32:13 |
Upon the land of my people / Will come up thorns [and] briers, / Indeed upon all the jubilant houses / In the exultant city. |
| Isa. 32:14 |
Because the palace will be abandoned; / The multitude of the city will be forsaken; / The Hill and the watchtower / Will become caves forever, / A joy for wild asses, / A pasture for flocks; |
| Isa. 32:15 |
Until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high, / And the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, / And the fruitful field is considered to be a forest. |
| Isa. 32:16 |
Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, / And righteousness will remain in the fruitful field; |
| Isa. 32:17 |
And the work of righteousness will be peace, / And the result of righteousness, quietness and assurance forever. |
| Isa. 32:18 |
And my people will live in a peaceful habitation / And in secure dwellings and carefree resting places. |
| Isa. 32:19 |
And it will hail when the forest comes down, / And the city will be utterly laid low. |
| Isa. 32:20 |
Blessed are you who sow beside all the water, / Who send [there] the feet of the ox and the donkey. |