Isaiah 32 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

The Glorious Future

Isa 32:1See, a king will be ruling in righteousness, and chiefs will give right decisions.

Isa 32:2And a man will be as a safe place from the wind, and a cover from the storm; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a waste land.

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Isa 32:3And the eyes of those who see will not be shut, and those who have hearing will give ear to the word.

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Isa 32:4The man of sudden impulses will become wise in heart, and he whose tongue is slow will get the power of talking clearly.

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Isa 32:5The foolish man will no longer be named noble, and they will not say of the false man that he is a man of honour.

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Isa 32:6For the foolish man will say foolish things, having evil thoughts in his heart, working what is unclean, and talking falsely about the Lord, to keep food from him who is in need of it, and water from him whose soul is desiring it.

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Isa 32:7The designs of the false are evil, purposing the destruction of the poor man by false words, even when he is in the right.

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Isa 32:8But the noble-hearted man has noble purposes, and by these he will be guided.

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Isa 32:9Give ear to my voice, you women who are living in comfort; give attention to my words, you daughters who have no fear of danger.

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Isa 32:10In not much more than a year, you, who are not looking for evil, will be troubled: for the produce of the vine-gardens will be cut off, and there will be no getting in of the grapes.

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Isa 32:11Be shaking with fear, you women who are living in comfort; be troubled, you who have no fear of danger: take off your robes and put on clothing of grief.

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Isa 32:12Have sorrow for the fields, the pleasing fields, the fertile vine;

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Isa 32:13And for the land of my people, where thorns will come up; even for all the houses of joy in the glad town.

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Isa 32:14For the fair houses will have no man living in them; the town which was full of noise will become a waste; the hill and the watchtower will be unpeopled for ever, a joy for the asses of the woods, a place of food for the flocks;

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Isa 32:15Till the spirit comes on us from on high, and the waste land becomes a fertile field, and the fertile field is changed into a wood.

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Isa 32:16Then in the waste land there will be an upright rule, and righteousness will have its place in the fertile field.

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Isa 32:17And the work of righteousness will be peace; and the effect of an upright rule will be to take away fear for ever.

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Isa 32:18And my people will be living in peace, in houses where there is no fear, and in quiet resting-places.

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Isa 32:19But the tall trees will come down with a great fall, and the town will be low in a low place.

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Isa 32:20Happy are you who are planting seed by all the waters, and sending out the ox and the ass.

The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

Isaiah 32 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

The Glorious Future

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