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Isaiah 32 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

The Glorious Future

Isa 32:1

Behold, a king will reign righteously,

And officials will rule justly.

Isa 32:2

Each will be like a refuge from the wind

And a shelter from the storm,

Like [fn]streams of water in a dry country,

Like the shade of a [fn]huge rock in an exhausted land.

Isa 32:3

Then the eyes of those who see will not be [fn]blinded,

And the ears of those who hear will listen.

Isa 32:4

The [fn]mind of the rash will discern the [fn]truth,

And the tongue of the stammerers will hurry to speak clearly.

Isa 32:5

No longer will the fool be called noble,

Or the rogue be spoken of as generous.

Isa 32:6

For a fool speaks nonsense,

And his heart [fn]inclines toward wickedness:

To practice ungodliness and to speak error against the LORD,

To [fn]keep the hungry person unsatisfied

And [fn]to withhold drink from the thirsty.

Isa 32:7

As for a rogue, his weapons are evil;

He devises wicked schemes

To destroy the poor with [fn]slander,

Even though the needy one speaks [fn]what is right.

Isa 32:8

But the noble person devises noble plans;

And by noble plans he stands.

Isa 32:9

Rise up, you women who are at ease,

And hear my voice;

Listen to my word,

You complacent daughters.

Isa 32:10

Within a year and a few days

You will be troubled, you complacent daughters;

For the vintage is ended,

And the fruit gathering will not come.

Isa 32:11

Tremble, you women who are at ease;

Be troubled, you complacent daughters;

Strip, undress, and put sackcloth on your waist,

Isa 32:12

Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine,

Isa 32:13

For the land of my people in which thorns and briars will come up;

Indeed, for all the joyful houses and for the jubilant city.

Isa 32:14

For the palace has been neglected, the [fn]populated city abandoned.

[fn]Hill and watch-tower have become caves forever,

A delight for wild donkeys, a pasture for flocks,

Isa 32:15

Until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high,

And the wilderness becomes a fertile field,

And the fertile field is considered as a forest.

Isa 32:16

Then justice will dwell in the wilderness,

And righteousness will remain in the fertile field.

Isa 32:17

And the work of righteousness will be peace,

And the service of righteousness, quietness and [fn]confidence forever.

Isa 32:18

Then my people will live in a peaceful settlement,

In secure dwellings, and in undisturbed resting places;

Isa 32:19

And it will hail when the forest comes down,

And the city will be utterly laid low.

Isa 32:20

How blessed will you be, you who sow beside all waters,

Who [fn]let the ox and the donkey out freely.

NASB20 Footnotes
Lit canals
Lit heavy
Or turned away
Lit heart
Lit knowledge
Or does
Lit make empty the hungry soul
Lit he deprives the thirsty
Lit words of falsehood
Lit justly
Lit multitude of the
Or Ophel
Or security
Lit send out the foot of the ox
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