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Isaiah 32:16–18

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32:16Justice will settle down in the desert

and fairness will live in the orchard.32

32:17Fairness will produce peace33

and result in lasting security.34

32:18My people will live in peaceful settlements,

in secure homes,

and in safe, quiet places.35

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Footnotes

  1. 32 This new era of divine blessing will also include a moral/ethical transformation, as justice and fairness fill the land and replace the social injustice so prevalent in Isaiah’s time.
  2. 33 Heb “and the product of fairness will be peace.”
  3. 34 Heb “and the work of fairness [will be] calmness and security forever.”
  4. 35 Or “in safe resting places”; , “quiet resting places.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then justice will dwell in the wilderness,

and righteousness abide in the fruitful field.

And the effect of righteousness will be peace,

and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust forever.

My people will abide in a peaceful habitation,

in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The Lord’s justice will dwell in the desert,

his righteousness live in the fertile field.

The fruit of that righteousness will be peace;

its effect will be quietness and confidence forever.

My people will live in peaceful dwelling places,

in secure homes,

in undisturbed places of rest.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then justice will inhabit the wilderness,

and righteousness will dwell in the orchard.

The result of righteousness will be peace;

the effect of righteousness

will be quiet confidence forever.

Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place,

in safe and secure dwellings.

NLTNew Living Translation

Justice will rule in the wilderness

and righteousness in the fertile field.

And this righteousness will bring peace.

Yes, it will bring quietness and confidence forever.

My people will live in safety, quietly at home.

They will be at rest.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then justice will dwell in the wilderness,

and righteousness will live in the fruitful field.

And the work of righteousness will be peace,

and the work of righteousness, quietness and security forever.

And my people will dwell in a settlement of peace

and in a dwelling place of security

and in undisturbed resting places.

KJV 1900King James Version

Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness,

And righteousness remain in the fruitful field.

And the work of righteousness shall be peace;

And the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.

And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation,

And in sure dwellings,

And in quiet resting places;