Isaiah 32

The Glorious Future

1 Behold, a ^aking will reign righteously,
And officials will rule justly.
2 Each will be like a ^brefuge from the wind
And a shelter from the storm,
Like ▼

▼Lit canals

, ^dstreams of water in a dry country,
Like the ^eshade of a ▼

▼Lit heavy

huge rock in an exhausted land.
3 Then ^gthe eyes of those who see will not be ▼

▼Or turned away

blinded,
And the ears of those who hear will listen.
4 The ▼

▼Lit heart

mind of the ^jrash will discern the ▼

▼Lit knowledge

truth,
And the tongue of the stammerers will hurry to speak clearly.
5 No longer will the ^lfool be called noble,
Or the rogue be spoken of as generous.
6 For a fool speaks nonsense,
And his heart ▼

▼Or does

, ⁿinclines toward wickedness:
To practice ^oungodliness and to speak error against the Lord,
To ▼

▼Lit make empty the hungry soul

, ^qkeep the hungry person unsatisfied
And ▼

▼Lit he deprives the thirsty

to withhold drink from the thirsty.
7 As for a rogue, his weapons are evil;
He ^sdevises wicked schemes
To ^tdestroy the poor with ▼

▼Lit words of falsehood

slander,
^vEven though the needy one speaks ▼

▼Lit justly

what is right.
8 But ^xthe noble person devises noble plans;
And by noble plans he stands.

9 Rise up, you ^ywomen who are at ease,
And hear my voice;
^zListen to my word,
You complacent daughters.
10 Within a year and a few days
You will be troubled, you complacent daughters;
^aaFor the vintage is ended,
And the fruit gathering will not come.
11 Tremble, you women who are at ease;
^abBe troubled, you complacent daughters;
^acStrip, undress, and put sackcloth on your waist,
12 ^adBeat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine,
13 ^aeFor the land of my people in which thorns and briars will come up;
Indeed, for all the joyful houses and for the ^afjubilant city.
14 For ^agthe palace has been neglected, the ▼

▼Lit multitude of the

populated ^aicity abandoned.
▼

▼Or Ophel

Hill and watch-tower have become ^akcaves forever,
A delight for ^alwild donkeys, a pasture for flocks,
15 Until the ^amSpirit is poured out upon us from on high,
And the wilderness becomes a ^anfertile field,
And the fertile field is considered as a forest.
16 Then ^aojustice will dwell in the wilderness,
And righteousness will remain in the fertile field.
17 And the ^apwork of righteousness will be peace,
And the service of righteousness, ^aqquietness and ▼

▼Or security

confidence forever.
18 Then my people will live in a ^aspeaceful settlement,
In secure dwellings, and in undisturbed ^atresting places;
19 And it will ^auhail when the ^avforest comes down,
And ^awthe city will be utterly laid low.
20 How ^axblessed will you be, you who sow beside all waters,
Who ▼

▼Lit send out the foot of the ox

let the ox and the donkey out freely.