Isaiah 32

Chapter 32

¹Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment. ²And a man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the storm; as brooks of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land. ³And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken; ⁴and the heart of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly. ⁵The vile man shall be no more called noble, nor the churl said to be bountiful: ⁶for the vile man will speak villainy, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against Jehovah, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. ⁷The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the meek with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right. ⁸But the noble deviseth noble things; and to noble things doth he stand.

⁹Rise up, ye women that are at ease, hear my voice; ye careless daughters, give ear unto my speech. ¹⁰In a year and some days shall ye be troubled, ye careless women; for the vintage shall fail, the ingathering shall not come. ¹¹Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones; strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth on your loins! ¹²They shall smite on the breasts in lamentation for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vineyards. ¹³Upon the land of my people shall come up thistles and briars, yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city. ¹⁴For the palace shall be deserted, the multitude of the city shall be forsaken; hill and watchtower shall be caves for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks; ¹⁵until the Spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness become a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest. ¹⁶And judgment shall inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness dwell in the fruitful field. ¹⁷And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance for ever. ¹⁸And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting-places. ¹⁹And it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place. ²⁰Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth the feet of the ox and the ass.