Book of Isaiah, Chapter 32
Isaiah 32 NASB - New American Standard BibleChapter 32 of Isaiah—New American Standard Bible (NASB)
- ¶ Behold, a 1king will reign righteously
And princes will rule justly. - Each will be like a 2refuge from the wind
And a shelter from the storm,
Like [a]3streams of water in a dry country,
Like the 4shade of a [b]huge rock in [c]a parched land. - Then 5the eyes of those who see will not be [d]blinded,
And the ears of those who hear will listen. - The [e]mind of the 6hasty will discern the [f]truth,
And the tongue of the stammerers will hasten to speak clearly. - No longer will the 7fool be called noble,
Or the rogue be spoken of as generous. - For a fool speaks nonsense,
And his heart [g]8inclines toward wickedness:
To practice 9ungodliness and to speak error against the LORD,
To [h]10keep the hungry person unsatisfied
And [i]to withhold drink from the thirsty. - As for a rogue, his weapons are evil;
He 11devises wicked schemes
To 12destroy the afflicted with [j]slander,
13Even though the needy one speaks [k]what is right. - But 14the noble man devises noble plans;
And by noble plans he stands. - ¶ Rise up, you 15women who are at ease,
And hear my voice;
16Give ear to my word,
You complacent daughters. - Within a year and a few days
You will be troubled, O complacent daughters;
17For the vintage is ended,
And the fruit gathering will not come. - Tremble, you women who are at ease;
18Be troubled, you complacent daughters;
19Strip, undress and put sackcloth on your waist, - 20Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine,
- 21For the land of my people in which thorns and briars shall come up;
Yea, for all the joyful houses and for the 22jubilant city. - Because 23the palace has been abandoned, the [l]populated 24city forsaken.
[m]Hill and watch-tower have become 25caves forever,
A delight for 26wild donkeys, a pasture for flocks; - Until the 27Spirit is poured out upon us from on high,
And the wilderness becomes a 28fertile field,
And the fertile field is considered as a forest. - Then 29justice will dwell in the wilderness
And righteousness will abide in the fertile field. - And the 30work of righteousness will be peace,
And the service of righteousness, 31quietness and [n]confidence forever. - Then my people will live in a 32peaceful habitation,
And in secure dwellings and in undisturbed 33resting places; - And it will 34hail when the 35forest comes down,
And 36the city will be utterly laid low. - How 37blessed will you be, you who sow beside all waters,
Who [o]let out freely the ox and the donkey.
FOOTNOTES
- ^ Lit canals
- ^ Lit heavy
- ^ Lit an exhausted
- ^ Or turned away
- ^ Lit heart
- ^ Lit knowledge
- ^ Or does
- ^ Lit make empty the hungry soul
- ^ Lit he causes to lack
- ^ Lit words of falsehood
- ^ Lit justly
- ^ Lit multitude of the
- ^ Or Ophel
- ^ Or security
- ^ Lit send out the foot of the ox
REFERENCES
- ^ Ps 72:1-4; Is 9:6, 7; 11:4, 5; Je 23:5; 33:15; Eze 37:24; Zc 9:9
- ^ Is 4:6; 25:4
- ^ Is 35:6; 41:18; 43:19, 20
- ^ Is 4:6; 25:4
- ^ Is 29:18
- ^ Is 29:24
- ^ 1Sa 25:25
- ^ Pr 19:3; 24:7-9; Is 59:7, 13
- ^ Is 9:17; 10:6
- ^ Is 3:15; 10:2
- ^ Je 5:26-28; Mc 7:3
- ^ Is 11:4; 61:1
- ^ Is 5:23
- ^ Pr 11:25
- ^ Is 47:8; Am 6:1; Zp 2:15
- ^ Is 28:23
- ^ Is 5:5, 6; 7:23; 24:7
- ^ Is 22:12
- ^ Is 47:2
- ^ Na 2:7
- ^ Is 5:6, 10, 17; 27:10
- ^ Is 22:2; 23:9
- ^ Is 13:22; 25:2; 34:13
- ^ Is 6:11; 22:2; 24:10, 12
- ^ Is 13:21; 34:13
- ^ Ps 104:11; Je 14:6
- ^ Is 11:2; 44:3; 59:21; Eze 39:29; Jl 2:28
- ^ Ps 107:35; Is 29:17; 35:1, 2
- ^ Is 33:5; Zc 8:3
- ^ Ps 72:2, 3; 85:8; 119:165; Is 2:4; Ro 14:17; Jm 3:18
- ^ Is 30:15
- ^ Is 26:3, 12
- ^ Is 11:10; 14:3; 30:15; Ho 2:18-23; Zc 2:5; 3:10
- ^ Is 28:2, 17; 30:30
- ^ Is 10:18, 19, 34
- ^ Is 24:10, 12; 26:5; 27:10; 29:4
- ^ Ec 11:1; Is 30:23, 24
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