Isaiah 32

1 Lo! in righteousness, shall reign a king, Yea even princes, with equity, shall bear rule.

Lo, for righteousness doth a king reign, As to princes, for judgment they rule.

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.

And each hath been as a hiding-place [from] wind, And as a secret hiding-place [from] inundation, As rivulets of waters in a dry place, As a shadow of a heavy rock in a weary 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;

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

4 And the heart of the hurried, shall take note of knowledge, And the tongue of stammerers, shall make haste to speak plainly.

And the heart of those hastened Understandeth to know, And the tongue of stammerers hasteth to speak clearly.

5 A base man, shall no longer be called, noble, —Nor, a knave, be named, liberal;

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

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 speaketh folly, And his heart doth iniquity, to do profanity, And to speak concerning Jehovah error, To empty the soul of the hungry, Yea, drink of the thirsty he causeth to lack.

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.

And the miser — his instruments [are] evil, He hath counselled wicked devices, To corrupt the poor with lying sayings, Even when the needy speaketh justly.

8 But, a noble man, noble things, hath devised, —And, he, upon noble things, will stand,

And the noble counselled noble things, And he for noble things riseth up.

9 Ye women in comfort! arise hear my voice, Ye daughters so confident give ear to my speech: —

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

10 Some days beyond a year, ye shall be troubled ye confident ones, —For failed hath the vintage, No, gathering, cometh in.

Days and a year ye are troubled, O confident ones, For consumed hath been harvest, The gathering cometh not.

11 Tremble, ye women in comfort, Be troubled ye daughters so confident, —Strip! and bare yourselves, and gird somewhat on your loins:

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

12 Upon your breasts, continue smiting: For desirable fields, For fruitful vine.

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

13 Over the soil of my people, thorns and briars shall grow, —Yea over all houses of joy, thou city exultant!

Over the ground of my people thorn — brier goeth up, Surely over all houses of joy of the exulting city,

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: —

Surely the palace hath been left, The multitude of the city forsaken, Fort and watch-tower hath been for dens unto the age, A joy of wild asses — a pasture of herds;

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;

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

16 Then shall, justice inhabit, the wilderness, And righteousness, in the garden-land, shall abide;

And dwelt in the wilderness hath judgment, And righteousness in the fruitful field remaineth.

17 And the yield of righteousness, shall be, peace, —And the tillage of righteousness, quietness, and confidence! to times age-abiding;

And a work of the righteousness hath been peace, And a service of the righteousness — Keeping quiet and confidence unto the age.

18 And my people shall dwell, In a borne of peace, —and In habitations of security, and In resting-places of comfort.

And dwelt hath My people in a peaceful habitation, And in stedfast tabernacles, And in quiet resting-places.

19 But it shall hail during the felling of the forest, And in a sunken place, shall, the city, sink.

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

20 How happy are ye who sow beside all waters, —Who send forth the foot of the ox and the ass.

Happy [are] ye sowing by all waters, Sending forth the foot of the ox and the ass!