Isaiah 32

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

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

2 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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

6 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.

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.

7 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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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?

14 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;

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,

15 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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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