Isaiah 32 — Legacy Standard Bible

A King Will Reign Righteously

32Behold, a ^aking will reign righteouslyAnd princes will rule justly.²Each will be like a ^arefuge from the windAnd a shelter from the storm,Like ¹^,^bstreams of water in a dry country,Like the ^cshade of a ²huge rock in ³a weary land.³Then ^athe eyes of those who see will not be ¹blinded,And the ears of those who hear will pay attention.⁴And the heart of the ^ahasty will discern knowledge,And the tongue of the stammerers will hasten to speak clearly.⁵No longer will the ^awicked fool be called noble,Or the rogue be spoken of as generous.⁶For a wicked fool speaks wicked folly,And his heart ^adoes wickedness:To do ^bungodliness and to speak error against Yahweh,In order to ^cmake the hungry person empty;He even causes the thirsty to lack a drink.⁷As for a rogue, his weapons are evil;He ^acounsels wicked schemesTo ^bwreak destruction on the afflicted with lying words,^cEven though the needy one speaks justly.⁸But ^athe noble man counsels noble plans;And by noble plans he rises up.⁹Rise up, you ^awomen who are at ease,And hear my voice;^bGive ear to my word,You complacent daughters.¹⁰Within a year and a few daysYou will quake, O complacent daughters;^aFor the grape harvest is ended,And the fruit gathering will not come.¹¹Tremble, you women who are at ease;^aQuake, you complacent daughters;^bStrip, undress, and put sackcloth on your waist,¹²^aBeat your breasts for the desirable fields, for the fruitful vine,¹³^aFor the land of my people in which thorns and briars shall come up,Indeed, against all the joyful houses and the ^bexultant city.¹⁴Because ^athe palace has been abandoned, the ¹populated ^bcity forsaken.²Hill and watchtower have become ^ccaves forever,A joy for ^dwild donkeys, a pasture for flocks,¹⁵Until the ^aSpirit is poured out upon us from on high,And the wilderness becomes a ^bfruitful orchard,And the fruitful orchard is counted as a forest.¹⁶Then ^ajustice will dwell in the wilderness,And righteousness will live in the fruitful orchard.¹⁷And the ^awork of righteousness will be peace,And the service of righteousness, ^bquietness and security forever.¹⁸Then my people will live in a ^apeaceful abode,And in secure dwellings and in undisturbed ^bresting places;¹⁹And it will ^ahail when the ^bforest comes down,And ^cthe city will be utterly laid low.²⁰How ^ablessed will you be, you who sow beside all waters,Who ¹let out freely the ox and the donkey.