Isaiah 32

Behold, ^aa king shall reign in righteousness,

And princes shall rule in judgment.

²And a man shall be as a hiding place from the wind,

And ^ba covert from the tempest;

As rivers of water ^cin a dry place,

As ^bthe shadow of a great rock ^din a weary land.

³And ^ethe eyes of them that see shall not be dim,

And ^ethe ears of them that hear shall hearken.

⁴The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge,

And the tongue of ^fthe 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 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.

⁷The instruments also of the churl are evil:

He deviseth wicked devices

^gTo destroy the poor with lying words,

Even when the needy speaketh right.

⁸But ^hthe liberal deviseth liberal things;

And by liberal things shall he stand.

⁹Rise up, ye women ⁱthat are at ease, hear my voice;

Ye careless daughters, give ear unto my speech.

¹⁰Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women:

For the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.

¹¹Tremble, ye women ⁱthat are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones:

^kStrip ye, and make ye bare, and ^lgird sackcloth upon your loins.

¹²They shall lament for the teats,

For the pleasant fields, for ⁿthe fruitful vine.

^13oUpon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers;

Yea, upon all the houses of joy in ^qthe joyous city:

^14rBecause the palaces shall be forsaken;

The multitude of the city shall be left;

The ^sforts and towers shall be for dens for ever,

^rA joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;

¹⁵Until ^tthe spirit be poured upon us from on high,

And ^uthe wilderness be a fruitful field,

^vAnd the fruitful field be counted for a forest.

¹⁶Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness,

And righteousness remain ^vin the fruitful field.

¹⁷And ^wthe work of righteousness shall be ^xpeace;

And the effect of ^qrighteousness quietness and assurance for ever.

¹⁸And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation,

And in sure dwellings,

And in ⁱquiet resting places;

¹⁹When ^yit shall hail, ^zcoming down on ^athe forest;

And the city shall be low in a low place.

²⁰Blessed are ^bye that sow beside all waters,

That ^csend forth thither the feet of ^dthe ox and the ass.

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