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Isaiah 32 :: New International Version (NIV)

The Kingdom of Righteousness

Isa 32:1

Isa 32:1See, a king will reign in righteousness and rulers will rule with justice.

Isa 32:2

Isa 32:2Each one will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in the desert and the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land.

Isa 32:3

Isa 32:3Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen.

Isa 32:4

Isa 32:4The fearful heart will know and understand, and the stammering tongue will be fluent and clear.

Isa 32:5

Isa 32:5No longer will the fool be called noble nor the scoundrel be highly respected.

Isa 32:6

Isa 32:6For fools speak folly, their hearts are bent on evil: They practice ungodliness and spread error concerning the LORD; the hungry they leave empty and from the thirsty they withhold water.

Isa 32:7

Isa 32:7Scoundrels use wicked methods, they make up evil schemes to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.

Isa 32:8

Isa 32:8But the noble make noble plans, and by noble deeds they stand.

The Women of Jerusalem

Isa 32:9

Isa 32:9You women who are so complacent, rise up and listen to me; you daughters who feel secure, hear what I have to say!

Isa 32:10

Isa 32:10In little more than a year you who feel secure will tremble; the grape harvest will fail, and the harvest of fruit will not come.

Isa 32:11

Isa 32:11Tremble, you complacent women; shudder, you daughters who feel secure! Strip off your fine clothes and wrap yourselves in rags.

Isa 32:12

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

Isa 32:13

Isa 32:13and for the land of my people, a land overgrown with thorns and briers— yes, mourn for all houses of merriment and for this city of revelry.

Isa 32:14

Isa 32:14The fortress will be abandoned, the noisy city deserted; citadel and watchtower will become a wasteland forever, the delight of donkeys, a pasture for flocks,

Isa 32:15

Isa 32:15till the Spirit is poured on us from on high, and the desert becomes a fertile field, and the fertile field seems like a forest.

Isa 32:16

Isa 32:16The LORD’s justice will dwell in the desert, his righteousness live in the fertile field.

Isa 32:17

Isa 32:17The fruit of that righteousness will be peace; its effect will be quietness and confidence forever.

Isa 32:18

Isa 32:18My people will live in peaceful dwelling places, in secure homes, in undisturbed places of rest.

Isa 32:19

Isa 32:19Though hail flattens the forest and the city is leveled completely,

Isa 32:20

Isa 32:20how blessed you will be, sowing your seed by every stream, and letting your cattle and donkeys range free.
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