Isaiah 32 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

The Glorious Future

Isa 32:1Behold, a king will reign righteously
And princes will rule justly.

Isa 32:2Each 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 [fn]a parched land.

Isa 32:3

Isa 32:3Then the eyes of those who see will not be [fn]blinded,
And the ears of those who hear will listen.

Isa 32:4

Isa 32:4The [fn]mind of the hasty will discern the [fn]truth,
And the tongue of the stammerers will hasten to speak clearly.

Isa 32:5

Isa 32:5No longer will the fool be called noble,
Or the rogue be spoken of as generous.

Isa 32:6

Isa 32:6For 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

Isa 32:7As for a rogue, his weapons are evil;
He devises wicked schemes
To destroy the afflicted with [fn]slander,
Even though the needy one speaks [fn]what is right.

Isa 32:8

Isa 32:8But the noble man devises noble plans;
And by noble plans he stands.

Isa 32:9

Isa 32:9Rise up, you women who are at ease,
And hear my voice;
Give ear to my word,
You complacent daughters.

Isa 32:10

Isa 32:10Within a year and a few days
You will be troubled, O complacent daughters;
For the vintage is ended,
And the fruit gathering will not come.

Isa 32:11

Isa 32:11Tremble, you women who are at ease;
Be troubled, you complacent daughters;
Strip, undress and put sackcloth on your waist,

Isa 32:12

Isa 32:12Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine,

Isa 32:13

Isa 32:13For the land of my people in which thorns and briars shall come up;
Yea, for all the joyful houses and for the jubilant city.

Isa 32:14

Isa 32:14Because the palace has been abandoned, the [fn]populated city forsaken.
[fn]Hill and watch-tower have become caves forever,
A delight for wild donkeys, a pasture for flocks;

Isa 32:15

Isa 32:15Until 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

Isa 32:16Then justice will dwell in the wilderness
And righteousness will abide in the fertile field.

Isa 32:17

Isa 32:17And the work of righteousness will be peace,
And the service of righteousness, quietness and [fn]confidence forever.

Isa 32:18

Isa 32:18Then my people will live in a peaceful habitation,
And in secure dwellings and in undisturbed resting places;

Isa 32:19

Isa 32:19And it will hail when the forest comes down,
And the city will be utterly laid low.

Isa 32:20

Isa 32:20How blessed will you be, you who sow beside all waters,
Who [fn]let out freely the ox and the donkey.

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NASB95 Footnotes

(32:2)

Literally: canals

(32:2)

Literally: heavy

(32:2)

Literally: an exhausted

(32:3)

Or, turned away

(32:4)

Literally: heart

(32:4)

Literally: knowledge

(32:6)

Or, does

(32:6)

Literally: make empty the hungry soul

(32:6)

Literally: he causes to lack

(32:7)

Literally: words of falsehood

(32:7)

Literally: justly

(32:14)

Literally: multitude of the

(32:14)

Or, Ophel

(32:17)

Or, security

(32:20)

Literally: send out the foot of the ox

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