Isaiah 32
1 Lo! in righteousness, shall reign a king, Yea even princes, with equity, shall bear rule.
Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice.
2 So shall each one become As a hiding-place from the wind And a covert from the storm, —As channels of water in a dry place, As the shadow of a massive cliff in a weary land.
Each will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land.
3 And the eyes of them who are ready to see, shall not be closed, —And, the ears of them who are ready to hear, shall hearken;
Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen.
4 And the heart of the hurried, shall take note of knowledge, And the tongue of stammerers, shall make haste to speak plainly.
The mind of the rash will know and understand, and the stammering tongue will speak clearly and fluently.
5 A base man, shall no longer be called, noble, —Nor, a knave, be named, liberal;
No longer will a fool be called noble, nor a scoundrel be respected.
6 For, a base man, with baseness, will speak, And, his heart, will practise iniquity, —Practising profanity, And speaking, against Yahweh that which misleadeth, Emptying the soul of the hungry, And the drink of the thirsty, he causeth to fail;
For a fool speaks foolishness; his mind plots iniquity. He practices ungodliness and speaks falsely about the LORD; he leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink.
7 Yea, a knave, his weapons are wicked, —He, base schemes, hath devised To ruin the oppressed with speeches of falsehood Even when the needy pleadeth, for justice.
The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.
8 But, a noble man, noble things, hath devised, —And, he, upon noble things, will stand,
But a noble man makes honorable plans; he stands up for worthy causes.
9 Ye women in comfort! arise hear my voice, Ye daughters so confident give ear to my speech: —
Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters.
10 Some days beyond a year, ye shall be troubled ye confident ones, —For failed hath the vintage, No, gathering, cometh in.
In a little more than a year you will tremble, O secure ones. For the grape harvest will fail and the fruit harvest will not arrive.
11 Tremble, ye women in comfort, Be troubled ye daughters so confident, —Strip! and bare yourselves, and gird somewhat on your loins:
Shudder, you ladies of leisure; tremble, you daughters of complacency. Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth around your waists.
12 Upon your breasts, continue smiting: For desirable fields, For fruitful vine.
Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines,
13 Over the soil of my people, thorns and briars shall grow, —Yea over all houses of joy, thou city exultant!
and for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers— even for every house of merriment in this city of revelry.
14 For the palace, is abandoned, the tumult of the city, hath ceased—Hill and watch-tower, serve as caves, unto times age-abiding, The joy of wild-asses, The pasture of flocks: —
For the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become caves forever— the delight of wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks—
15 Until there be poured out upon us the spirit, from on high, —Then shall the wilderness become, garden-land, And the garden-land, for a forest, be reckoned;
until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. Then the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.
16 Then shall, justice inhabit, the wilderness, And righteousness, in the garden-land, shall abide;
Then justice will inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field.
17 And the yield of righteousness, shall be, peace, —And the tillage of righteousness, quietness, and confidence! to times age-abiding;
The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever.
18 And my people shall dwell, In a borne of peace, —and In habitations of security, and In resting-places of comfort.
Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place, in safe and secure places of rest.
19 But it shall hail during the felling of the forest, And in a sunken place, shall, the city, sink.
But hail will level the forest, and the city will sink to the depths.
20 How happy are ye who sow beside all waters, —Who send forth the foot of the ox and the ass.
Blessed are those who sow beside abundant waters, who let the ox and donkey range freely.
