Isaiah 32:9–15

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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

^32:14For the fortress is neglected;

the once-crowded²⁶ city is abandoned.

Hill²⁷ and watchtower

are permanently uninhabited.²⁸

Wild donkeys love to go there,

and flocks graze there.²⁹

^32:15This desolation will continue until new life is poured out on us from heaven.³⁰

Then the desert will become an orchard

and the orchard will be considered a forest.³¹

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Footnotes

17 Or “self-assured”; , “who are at ease.”
18 Or “self-confident”; “overconfident.”
19 Heb “days upon a year.”
20 Or perhaps, “olive.” See 24:13.
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.
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).
23 “Mourn” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. In the Hebrew text vv. 12–13 are one long sentence.
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.
25 This same phrase is used in 22:2.
26 Or “noisy” (, , ).
27 Hebrew עֹפֶל (’ofel), probably refers here to a specific area within the city of Jerusalem. See II עֹפֶל.
28 The Hebrew text has בְעַד מְעָרוֹת (vé’ad mé’arot). The force of בְעַד, which usually means “behind, through, round about,” or “for the benefit of,” is uncertain here. *מְעָרָה takes מְעָרוֹת (mé’arot) as a homonym of “cave” and define it here as “cleared field.” Despite these lexical problems, the general point of the statement seems clear—the city will be uninhabited.
29 Heb “the joy of wild donkeys, a pasture for flocks.”
30 Heb “until a spirit is emptied out on us from on high.” The words “this desolation will continue” are supplied in the translation for clarification and stylistic purposes. The verb עָרָה (’arah), used here in the Niphal, normally means “lay bare, expose.” The term רוּחַ (ruakh, “spirit”) is often understood here as a reference to the divine spirit (cf. 44:3 and , , , ), but it appears here without an article (cf. “a spirit”), pronominal suffix, or a genitive (such as “of the Lord”). The translation assumes that it carries an impersonal nuance “vivacity, vigor” in this context.
31 The same statement appears in 29:17b, where, in conjunction with the preceding line, it appears to picture a reversal. Here it seems to depict supernatural growth. The desert will blossom into an orchard, and the trees of the orchard will multiply and grow tall, becoming a forest.

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.

For the palace is forsaken,

the populous city deserted;

the hill and the watchtower

will become dens forever,

a joy of wild donkeys,

a pasture of flocks;

until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high,

and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field,

and the fruitful field is deemed a forest.

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.

The fortress will be abandoned,

the noisy city deserted;

citadel and watchtower will become a wasteland forever,

the delight of donkeys, a pasture for flocks,

till the Spirit is poured on us from on high,

and the desert becomes a fertile field,

and the fertile field seems like a forest.

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.

For the palace will be deserted,

the busy city abandoned.

The hill and the watchtower will become

barren places forever,

the joy of wild donkeys,

and a pasture for flocks,

until the Spirit from on high is poured out on us.

Then the desert will become an orchard,

and the orchard will seem like a forest.

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.

The palace and the city will be deserted,

and busy towns will be empty.

Wild donkeys will frolic and flocks will graze

in the empty forts and watchtowers

until at last the Spirit is poured out

on us from heaven.

Then the wilderness will become a fertile field,

and the fertile field will yield bountiful crops.

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.

For the palace will be forsaken,

the crowded city deserted;

the hill and the watchtower will become a cave forever,

the joy of wild asses, a pasture for flocks.

Until a spirit is poured out on us from on high,

and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field,

and the fruitful field is reckoned as the forest.

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:

Because the palaces shall be forsaken;

The multitude of the city shall be left;

The forts and towers shall be for dens for ever,

A joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;

Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high,

And the wilderness be a fruitful field,

And the fruitful field be counted for a forest.

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