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# Isaiah, Chapter 32
## Chapter 32
### The Kingdom of Justice
1 See, a king will reign justly ^isaiah-32-1
and princes will rule rightly.
2 Each of them will be like a shelter from the wind, ^isaiah-32-2
a refuge from the rain.
They will be like streams of water in a dry country,
like the shade of a great rock in a parched land.
3 The eyes of those who see will not be closed; ^isaiah-32-3
the ears of those who hear will be attentive.
4 The hasty of heart shall take thought to know, ^isaiah-32-4
and tongues of stutterers shall speak readily and clearly.
5 No more will the fool be called noble, ^isaiah-32-5
nor the deceiver be considered honorable.
6 For the fool speaks folly, ^isaiah-32-6
his heart plans evil:
Godless actions,
perverse speech against the LORD,
Letting the hungry go empty
and the thirsty without drink.
7 The deceits of the deceiver are evil, ^isaiah-32-7
he plans devious schemes:
To ruin the poor with lies,
and the needy when they plead their case.
8 But the noble plan noble deeds, ^isaiah-32-8
and in noble deeds they persist.
### The Women of Jerusalem
9 You women so complacent, rise up and hear my voice, ^isaiah-32-9
daughters so confident, give heed to my words.
10 In a little more than a year ^isaiah-32-10
your confidence will be shaken;
For the vintage will fail,
no fruit harvest will come in.
11 Tremble, you who are so complacent! ^isaiah-32-11
Shudder, you who are so confident!
Strip yourselves bare,
with only a loincloth for cover.
12 Beat your breasts ^isaiah-32-12
for the pleasant fields,
for the fruitful vine;
13 For the soil of my people, ^isaiah-32-13
overgrown with thorns and briers;
For all the joyful houses,
the exultant city.
14 The castle will be forsaken, ^isaiah-32-14
the noisy city deserted;
Citadel and tower will become wasteland forever,
the joy of wild donkeys, the pasture of flocks;
15 Until the spirit from on high ^isaiah-32-15
is poured out on us.
And the wilderness becomes a garden land
and the garden land seems as common as forest.
16 Then judgment will dwell in the wilderness ^isaiah-32-16
and justice abide in the garden land.
17 The work of justice will be peace; ^isaiah-32-17
the effect of justice, calm and security forever.
18 My people will live in peaceful country, ^isaiah-32-18
in secure dwellings and quiet resting places.
19 And the forest will come down completely, ^isaiah-32-19
the city will be utterly laid low.
20 Happy are you who sow beside every stream, ^isaiah-32-20
and let the ox and the donkey go freely!
\* (32:14) The castle: the fortified royal palace in Jerusalem. Citadel: Ophel, the fortified hill, with its stronghold called “the great projecting tower” ([Neh 3:27]).
\* (32:15] – [18], [20) Extraordinary peace and prosperity will come to Israel under just rulers.
\* (32:19) Probably from a different context, perhaps after v. [14a].
a. (32:1) [Is 9:6]; [11:4]; [16:5]; [Ps 72:1] – [4]; [Jer 23:5] – [6].
b. (32:2) [Is 4:6]; [16:4]; [25:4].
c. (32:3) [Is 6:10]; [29:18]; [35:5].
d. (32:5) [Is 5:20].
e. (32:6) [Prv 15:2].
f. (32:7) [Is 29:20] – [21]; [Mi 2:1].
g. (32:9) [Is 3:16] – [24]; [Am 6:1].
h. (32:10) [Zep 1:13].
i. (32:11) [[isaiah-20|Is 20]]:2; [Jer 4:8]; [Mi 1:8].
j. (32:12) [[isaiah-16|Is 16]]:9.
k. (32:13) [Is 5:6]; [7:23] – [25]; [22:2]; [34:13].
l. (32:14) [Is 7:25]; [24:10] – [11].
m. (32:15) [Is 44:3]; [Ps 104:30]; [Ez 37:9] – [10]; [Jl 3:1] – [2].
n. (32:17) [Is 9:6]; [30:15]; [33:15] – [16]; [Ps 72:2] – [3], [7]; [Jas 3:18].
o. (32:18) [Jer 23:6]; [Mi 4:4].
p. (32:19) [[isaiah-10|Is 10]]:33 – [34]; [26:5].
q. (32:20) [Is 7:25]; [30:18], [23].
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_New American Bible, revised edition_ (2010, 1991, 1986, 1970) Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Washington, D.C.
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