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Isaiah 32 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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CHAPTER 32
A Reign of Righteousness
Women of Jerusalem Warned
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1 Behold, a king will reign in righteousness,
​​And princes will rule with justice.
2 ​​A man will be as a hiding place from the wind,
​​And a cover from the tempest,
​​As rivers of water in a dry place,
​​As the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
3 ​​The eyes of those who see will not be dim,
​​And the ears of those who hear will listen.
4 ​​Also the heart of the rash will understand knowledge,
​​And the tongue of the stammerers will be ready to speak plainly.
​
5 ​​The foolish person will no longer be called generous,
​​Nor the miser said to be bountiful;
6 ​​For the foolish person will speak foolishness,
​​And his heart will work iniquity:
​​To practice ungodliness,
​​To utter error against the LORD,
​​To keep the hungry unsatisfied,
​​And he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
7 ​​Also the schemes of the schemer are evil;
​​He devises wicked plans
​​To destroy the poor with lying words,
​​Even when the needy speaks justice.
8 ​​But a generous man devises generous things,
​​And by generosity he shall stand.
Consequences of Complacency
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9 ​​Rise up, you women who are at ease,
​​Hear my voice;
​​You complacent daughters,
​​Give ear to my speech.
10 ​​In a year and some days
​​You will be troubled, you complacent women;
​​For the vintage will fail,
​​The gathering will not come.
11 ​​Tremble, you women who are at ease;
​​Be troubled, you complacent ones;
​​Strip yourselves, make yourselves bare,
​​And gird sackcloth on your waists.
​
12 ​​People shall mourn upon their breasts
​​For the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
13 ​​On the land of my people will come up thorns and briers,
​​Yes, on all the happy homes in the joyous city;
14 ​​Because the palaces will be forsaken,
​​The bustling city will be deserted.
​​The forts and towers will become lairs forever,
​​A joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks—
15 ​​Until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high,
​​And the wilderness becomes a fruitful field,
​​And the fruitful field is counted as a forest.
The Peace of God’s Reign
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16 ​​Then justice will dwell in the wilderness,
​​And righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
17 ​​The work of righteousness will be peace,
​​And the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance forever.
18 ​​My people will dwell in a peaceful habitation,
​​In secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places,
19 ​​Though hail comes down on the forest,
​​And the city is brought low in humiliation.
​
20 ​​Blessed are you who sow beside all waters,
​​Who send out freely the feet of the ox and the donkey.
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