Isaiah 32

1 Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice.

2 Each will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land.

3 Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen.

4 The mind of the rash will know and understand, and the stammering tongue will speak clearly and fluently.

5 No longer will a fool be called noble, nor a scoundrel be respected.

6 For a fool speaks foolishness; his mind plots iniquity. He practices ungodliness and speaks falsely about the LORD; he leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink.

7 The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.

8 But a noble man makes honorable plans; he stands up for worthy causes.

9 Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters.

10 In a little more than a year you will tremble, O secure ones. For the grape harvest will fail and the fruit harvest will not arrive.

11 Shudder, you ladies of leisure; tremble, you daughters of complacency. Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth around your waists.

12 Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines,

13 and for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers—even for every house of merriment in this city of revelry.

14 For the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become caves forever—the delight of wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks—

15 until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. Then the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.

16 Then justice will inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field.

17 The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever.

18 Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place, in safe and secure places of rest.

19 But hail will level the forest, and the city will sink to the depths.

20 Blessed are those who sow beside abundant waters, who let the ox and donkey range freely.

1 ¶ Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.

2 And 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.

3 And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.

4 The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.

5 The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said [to be] bountiful.

6 For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

7 The instruments also of the churl [are] evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.

8 But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.

9 ¶ Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.

10 Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.

11 Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird [sackcloth] upon [your] loins.

12 They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.

13 Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns [and] briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy [in] the joyous city:

14 Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;

15 Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.

16 Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.

17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.

18 And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;

19 When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.

20 Blessed [are] ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth [thither] the feet of the ox and the ass.

1 Behold, a king shall reign to do justice, and princes shall reign to execute judgment,

2 That every man shall be as one kept from the wind, and as one hid from the downpour, as the brooks of water in the dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in the dry land.

3 And the eyes of them that see shall not be blinded, and the ears of them that hear shall give heed,

4 And the unwary shall learn prudence, and the stammering tongue shall speak ready and clean.

5 No more shall a fool be called a prince, nor a covetous man be called a lord.

6 For a fool speaketh folly, and his heart dealeth wickedly, to make hypocrisy, and to preach error of the LORD, that he may starve the hungry soul, and prevent the thirsty from drinking.

7 For the government of the covetous is vile: for he deviseth deceit to destroy the wretched with false words, when he shall speak justice to the poor.

8 But the princes shall have princely thoughts, and shall think upon it.

9 Arise, ye proud women, hear my voice; ye daughters that are so sure, give ear to my speech.

10 It is uni year and day to do, so ye that are sure shall tremble: for there shall be no vintage, so shall there be no reading.

11 Be afraid, ye proud women; tremble, ye secure ones. There is undressing, and girding, and girding about the loins.

12 They shall mourn for the fields, even for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines.

13 For thorns and hedges shall grow in the field of my people, and over all the houses of mirth in the merry city.

14 For the palaces shall be desolate, and the multitude in the city shall be desolate; and the towers and the fortresses shall become everlasting dens, and a delight to the game, and a pasture to the flocks,

15 Until the Spirit be poured out upon us from on high. So then the wilderness will become a field, and the field will be counted as a forest.

16 And justice shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness in the field.

17 And the fruit of righteousness shall be peace; and the profit of righteousness shall be everlasting quietness and safety,

18 That my people shall dwell in houses of peace, in dwellings of safety, and in proud rest.

19 But there shall be hail in the forest, and the city thereof shall be low.

20 Blessed are ye that sow by the rivers, that ye may let the feet of oxen and asses go thereon.