Isaiah 32
32
The LORD Will Pour Out His Spirit and Bring Peace
1A king will rule with fairness,
and officials will rule with justice.
2Then each ruler will be like a shelter from the wind
and a hiding place from the rain.
They will be like streams on parched ground
and the shade of a large rock in a weary land.
3Then the vision of those who can see won’t be blurred,
and the ears of those who can hear will pay attention.
4Then those who are reckless will begin to understand,
and those who stutter will speak quickly and clearly.
5Godless fools will no longer be called nobles,
nor will scoundrels be considered gentlemen.
6Godless fools speak foolishness,
and their minds plan evil
in order to do ungodly things.
They speak falsely about the Lord.
They let people go hungry
and withhold water from thirsty people.
7The tricks of scoundrels are evil.
They devise wicked plans in order to ruin poor people with lies,
even when needy people plead for justice.
8But honorable people act honorably
and stand firm for what is honorable.
9Get up, and listen to me, you pampered women.
Hear what I say, you overconfident daughters.
10In a little less than a year
you overconfident women will tremble,
because the grape harvest will fail
and no fruit will be brought in ⌞from the fields⌟.
11Shudder, you pampered women.
Tremble, you overconfident women.
Take off your clothes, walk around naked,
and wear sackcloth around your waists.
12Beat your breasts as you mourn for the fields,
for the vines bearing grapes.
13Mourn for my people’s land where thorns and briars will grow.
Mourn for all the happy homes in a joyful city.
14Palaces will be deserted.
Noisy cities will be abandoned.
Fortresses and watchtowers will become permanent caves.
They will be a delight for wild donkeys and pastures for flocks
15until the Spirit is poured on us from on high.
Then the wilderness will be turned into a fertile field,
and the fertile field will be considered a forest.
16Then justice will live in the wilderness,
and righteousness will be at home in the fertile field.
17Then an act of righteousness will bring about peace,
calm, and safety forever.
18My people will live in a peaceful place,
in safe homes and quiet places of rest.
19The forest will be flattened because of hail,
and the city will be completely leveled.
20Blessed are those who plant beside every stream
and those who let oxen and donkeys roam freely.
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Isaiah 32
32
1Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgement. 2And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. 3And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken. 4The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly. 5The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful. 6For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise profaneness, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. 7The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the meek with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right. 8But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and in liberal things shall he continue.
9Rise up, ye women that are at ease, and hear my voice; ye careless daughters, give ear unto my speech. 10For days beyond a year shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the ingathering shall not come. 11Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins. 12They shall smite upon the breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine. 13Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city: 14For the palace shall be forsaken; the populous city shall be deserted; the hill and the watch-tower shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks; 15until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness become a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest. 16Then judgement shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness shall abide in the fruitful field. 17And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and confidence for ever. 18And my people shall abide in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places. 19But it shall hail, in the downfall of the forest; and the city shall be utterly laid low. 20Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth the feet of the ox and the ass.
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