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Isaiah 32:9–13

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The Lord Will Give True Security

32:9You complacent17 women,

get up and listen to me!

You carefree18 daughters,

pay attention to what I say!

32:10In a year’s time19

you carefree ones will shake with fear,

for the grape20 harvest will fail,

and the fruit harvest will not arrive.

32:11Tremble, you complacent ones!

Shake with fear, you carefree ones!

Strip off your clothes and expose yourselves—

put sackcloth on your waist!21

32:12Mourn over the field,22

over the delightful fields

and the fruitful vine!

32:13Mourn23 over the land of my people,

which is overgrown with thorns and briers,

and over all the once-happy houses24

in the city filled with revelry.25

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Footnotes

  1. 17 Or “self-assured”; , “who are at ease.”
  2. 18 Or “self-confident”; “overconfident.”
  3. 19 Heb “days upon a year.”
  4. 20 Or perhaps, “olive.” See 24:13.
  5. 21 The imperatival forms in v. 11 are problematic. The first (חִרְדוּ, khirdu, “tremble”) is masculine plural in form, though spoken to a feminine plural addressee (שַׁאֲנַנּוֹת, sha’anannot, “complacent ones”). The four imperatival forms that follow (רְגָזָה, régazah, “shake with fear”; פְּשֹׁטָה, péshotah, “strip off your clothes”; עֹרָה, ’orah, “expose yourselves”; and חֲגוֹרָה, khagorah, “put on”) all appear to be lengthened (so-called “emphatic”) masculine singular forms, even though they too appear to be spoken to a feminine plural addressee. §48.i suggests emending חִרְדוּ (khirdu) to חֲרָדָה (kharadah) and understanding all five imperatives as feminine plural “aramaized” forms.
  6. 22 The Hebrew text has “over mourning breasts.” The reference to “breasts” would make sense in light of v. 11, which refers to the practice of women baring their breasts as a sign of sorrow (see J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah [], 1:). However, one expects the preposition עַל (’al) to introduce the source or reason for mourning (see vv. 12b–13a) and the participle סֹפְדִים (sofedim, “mourning”) seems odd modifying “breasts.” The translation above assumes a twofold emendation: (1) שָׁדַיִם (shadayim, “breasts”) is emended to [ם]שָׂדַי (saday[m], “field,” a term that also appears in Isa 56:9). The final mem (ם) would be enclitic in this case, not a plural indicator. (The Hebrew noun שָׂדֶה (sadeh, “field”) forms its plural with an וֹת- [-ot] ending). (2) The plural participle סֹפְדִים is emended to סְפֹדָה (séfodah), a lengthened imperatival form, meaning “mourn.” For an overview of various suggestions that have been made for this difficult line, see Oswalt, , n. 12).
  7. 23 “Mourn” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. In the Hebrew text vv. 12–13 are one long sentence.
  8. 24 Heb “indeed, over all the houses of joy.” It is not certain if this refers to individual homes or to places where parties and celebrations were held.
  9. 25 This same phrase is used in 22:2.

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In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Rise up, you women who are at ease, hear my voice;

you complacent daughters, give ear to my speech.

In little more than a year

you will shudder, you complacent women;

for the grape harvest fails,

the fruit harvest will not come.

Tremble, you women who are at ease,

shudder, you complacent ones;

strip, and make yourselves bare,

and tie sackcloth around your waist.

Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields,

for the fruitful vine,

for the soil of my people

growing up in thorns and briers,

yes, for all the joyous houses

in the exultant city.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

You women who are so complacent,

rise up and listen to me;

you daughters who feel secure,

hear what I have to say!

In little more than a year

you who feel secure will tremble;

the grape harvest will fail,

and the harvest of fruit will not come.

Tremble, you complacent women;

shudder, you daughters who feel secure!

Strip off your fine clothes

and wrap yourselves in rags.

Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields,

for the fruitful vines

and for the land of my people,

a land overgrown with thorns and briers—

yes, mourn for all houses of merriment

and for this city of revelry.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Stand up, you complacent women;

listen to me.

Pay attention to what I say,

you overconfident daughters.

In a little more than a year

you overconfident ones will shudder,

for the grapes will fail

and the harvest will not come.

Shudder, you complacent ones;

tremble, you overconfident ones!

Strip yourselves bare

and put sackcloth around your waists.

Beat your breasts in mourning

for the delightful fields and the fruitful vines,

for the ground of my people

growing thorns and briers,

indeed, for every joyous house in the jubilant city.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

Listen, you women who lie around in ease.

Listen to me, you who are so smug.

In a short time—just a little more than a year—

you careless ones will suddenly begin to care.

For your fruit crops will fail,

and the harvest will never take place.

Tremble, you women of ease;

throw off your complacency.

Strip off your pretty clothes,

and put on burlap to show your grief.

Beat your breasts in sorrow for your bountiful farms

and your fruitful grapevines.

For your land will be overgrown with thorns and briers.

Your joyful homes and happy towns will be gone.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Women who are at ease, rise up; hear my voice!

Carefree daughters, listen to my word!

In a year you will tremble, carefree ones,

for the vintage will come to an end;

the harvest will not come.

Tremble, you who are at ease;

tremble, carefree ones;

strip, and strip yourself,

and gird yourself on your loins,

mourning over breasts,

over fields of delight,

over the fruitful vine,

over the soil of my people.

It goes up in thorns and briers,

indeed over all of the houses of joy in the jubilant city.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

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

Ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.

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

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

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

Strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.

They shall lament for the teats,

For the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.

Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers;

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

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