Isa 32 | ESV | STEP | Behold , a king will reign in righteousness , and princes will rule in justice .

l[See ver. 9 above]

m[ch. 47:2, 3]

nSee Gen. 37:34

o[ch. 24:7]

p ch. 7:23; 34:13; Hos. 9:6

q[ch. 24:11, 12]

r Jer. 2:24

s[ch. 11:2; Joel 2:28]

t ch. 35:1, 2; [ch. 29:17]

u James 3:18; [ch. 1:27; Ps. 72:3; 119:165]

w ch. 28:2, 17

x ch. 26:5

y Eccles. 11:1; [ch. 30:23]

Isaiah 32

A King Will Reign in Righteousness

1 Behold, ^aa king will reign in righteousness,
and princes will rule in justice.
2 ^bEach will be like a hiding place from the wind,
a shelter from the storm,
^clike streams of water in a dry place,
like the shade of a great rock in a weary land.
3 ^dThen the eyes of those who see will not be closed,
and the ears of those who hear will give attention.
4 The heart of the hasty will understand and know,
^eand the tongue of the stammerers will hasten to speak distinctly.
5 ^fThe fool will no more be called noble,
nor the scoundrel said to be honorable.
6 For ^gthe fool speaks folly,
and his heart is busy with iniquity,
to practice ungodliness,
to utter error concerning the Lord,
^hto leave the craving of the hungry unsatisfied,
and to deprive the thirsty of drink.
7 As for the scoundrel— ⁱhis devices are evil;
he plans wicked schemes
to ruin the poor with lying words,
even when the plea of the needy is right.
8 But he who is noble plans noble things,
and on noble things he stands.

Complacent Women Warned of Disaster

9 ^jRise up, you women ^kwho are at ease, hear my voice;
you complacent daughters, give ear to my speech.
10 In little more than a year
you will shudder, you complacent women;
for the grape harvest fails,
the fruit harvest will not come.
11 Tremble, you women ^lwho are at ease,
shudder, you complacent ones;
^mstrip, and make yourselves bare,
ⁿand tie sackcloth around your waist.
12 ^oBeat your breasts for the pleasant fields,
for the fruitful vine,
13 ^pfor the soil of my people
growing up in thorns and briers,
^qyes, for all the joyous houses
in the exultant city.
14 For the palace is forsaken,
the populous city deserted;
the hill and the watchtower
will become dens forever,
^ra joy of wild donkeys,
a pasture of flocks;
15 until ^sthe Spirit is poured upon us from on high,
and ^tthe wilderness becomes a fruitful field,
and the fruitful field is deemed a forest.
16 Then justice will dwell in the wilderness,
and righteousness abide in the fruitful field.
17 ^uAnd the effect of righteousness will be peace,
and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust ^{▼▼Or security} forever.
18 My people will abide in a peaceful habitation,
in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.
19 ^wAnd it will hail when the forest falls down,
^xand the city will be utterly laid low.
20 ^yHappy are you who sow beside all waters,
who let the feet of the ox and the donkey range free.