Isaiah 32

1 Behold a king shall reign in justice, and princes shell rule in judgment.

Behold, a king reigns for righteousness, As for princes, they rule for judgment.

2 And a man shall be as when one is hid from the wind, and hideth himself from a storm, as rivers of waters in drought, and the shadow of a rock that standeth out in a desert land.

And each has been as a hiding place [from] wind, And as a secret hiding place [from] inundation, As streams of waters in a dry place, As a shadow of a heavy rock in a weary land.

3 The eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken diligently.

And the eyes of beholders are not dazzled, And the ears of hearers attend.

4 And the heart of fools shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of stammerers shall speak readily and plain.

And the heart of those hurried understands to know, And the tongue of stammerers hurries to speak clearly.

5 The fool shall no more be called prince: neither shall the deceitful be called great:

A fool is no more called “noble,” And to a miser it is not said, “rich”;

6 For the fool will speak foolish things, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and speak to the Lord deceitfully, and to make empty the soul of the hungry, and take away drink from the thirsty.

For a fool speaks folly, And his heart does iniquity, to do profanity, And to speak error concerning YHWH, To empty the soul of the hungry, Indeed, he causes the thirsty to lack [their] drink.

7 The vessels of the deceitful are most wicked: for he hath framed devices to destroy the meek, with lying words, when the poor man speaketh judgment.

And the miser—his instruments [are] evil, He has counseled wicked schemes, To corrupt the poor with lying sayings, Even when the needy speaks justly.

8 But the prince will devise such things as are worthy of a prince, and he shall stand above the rulers.

And the noble counseled noble things, And he rises up for noble things.

9 Rise up, ye rich women, and hear my voice: ye confident daughters, give ear to my speech.

Women, easy ones, rise, hear my voice, Daughters, confident ones, give ear [to] my saying,

10 For after days and a year, you that are confident shall be troubled: for the vintage is at an end, the gathering shall come no more.

In days and a year You are troubled, O confident ones, For harvest has been consumed, The gathering does not come.

11 Be astonished, ye rich women, be troubled, ye confident ones: strip yen, and be confounded, gird your loins.

Tremble, you women, you easy ones, Be troubled, you confident ones, Strip and make bare, with a girdle on the loins,

12 Mourn for your breasts, for the delightful country, for the fruitful vineyard.

They are lamenting for breasts, For fields of desire, for the fruitful vine.

13 Upon the land of my people shall thorns and briers come up: how much more upon all the houses of joy, of the city that rejoiced?

Over the ground of my people thorn [and] brier go up, Surely over all houses of joy of the exulting city,

14 For the house is forsaken, the multitude of the city is left, darkness and obscurity are come upon its dens for ever. A joy of wild asses, the pastures of flocks,

The palace has been left, The multitude of the city forsaken, Fort and watchtower have been for dens for all time, A joy of wild donkeys—a pasture of herds;

15 Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high: and the desert shall be as a charmel, and charmel shall be counted for a forest.

Until the Spirit is emptied out on us from on high, And a wilderness has become a fruitful field, And the fruitful field is reckoned for a forest.

16 And judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and justice shall sit in charmel.

And judgment has dwelt in the wilderness, And righteousness remains in the fruitful field.

17 And the work of justice shall be peace, and the service of justice quietness, and security for ever.

And a work of the righteousness has been peace, And a service of the righteousness—Keeping quiet and confidence for all time.

18 And my people shall sit in the beauty of peace, and in the tabernacles of confidence, and in wealthy rest.

And My people have dwelt in a peaceful habitation, And in steadfast dwelling places, And in quiet resting places.

19 But hail shall be in the descent of the forest, and the city shall be made very low.

And it has hailed in the going down of the forest, And the city is low in the valley.

20 Blessed are ye that sow upon all waters, sending thither the foot of the ox and the ass.

Blessed [are] you sowing by all waters, Sending forth the foot of the ox and the donkey!