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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Isaiah 32 ISV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/isaiah/32.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/isaiah/32-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ISV</a> > Isaiah 32</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../isaiah/31.htm" title="Isaiah 31">◄</a> Isaiah 32 <a href="../isaiah/33.htm" title="Isaiah 33">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/isaiah/32.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">The Government of Justice</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/32-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>“Look, a king will reign in righteousness,</p> <p class="poetry2">and rulers will rule with justice.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/32-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Each one will be like a shelter from the wind</p> <p class="poetry2">and a hiding place from<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="32:2 So 1QIsaa; MT reads of">a</a></span> storms,</p> <p class="poetry2">like streams of water in the desert,</p> <p class="poetry2">in<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="32:2 So 1QIsaa; MT reads like">b</a></span> the shadow of a great rock in an exhausted<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="32:2 Or thirsty">c</a></span> land.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/32-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Then the eyes of those who can see won’t turn away,</p> <p class="poetry2">and the ears of those who can hear will listen.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/32-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The hearts of reckless people will understand sound judgment,</p> <p class="poetry2">and the tongues of those who stammer will be ready to speak clearly.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/32-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>People will no longer call a fool<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="32:5 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads No longer will a fool will be called">d</a></span> noble,</p> <p class="poetry2">nor will a bad person be declared honorable.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/32-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For fools utter contempt,</p> <p class="poetry2">and their minds plot<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="32:6 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads work">e</a></span> wrong things:</p> <p class="poetry2">practicing ungodliness,</p> <p class="poetry2">spreading lies about the LORD,</p> <p class="poetry2">leaving the pangs of hungry people unsatisfied,</p> <p class="poetry2">and depriving thirsty people of drink.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/32-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Furthermore, the crimes of bad people are evil;</p> <p class="poetry2">and<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="32:7 So 1QIsaa LXX; the Heb. lacks and">f</a></span> they devise wicked schemes,</p> <p class="poetry2">destroying the poor<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="32:7 1QIsaa and MT use two different synonyms">g</a></span> with lying words,</p> <p class="poetry2">even when needy people plead<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="32:7 So 1QIsaa; cf. LXX; MT reads a needy one pleads">h</a></span> a just cause.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/32-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But those who are decent plan noble things,</p> <p class="poetry2">and by noble deeds they stand.”</p> <p class="heading">A Rebuke for Complacent Women</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/32-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“As for you ladies of leisure—</p> <p class="poetry2">Get up and listen to my voice!</p> <p class="poetry2">You daughters who feel so complacent—</p> <p class="poetry2">hear what I have to say!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/32-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>In little more than a year,</p> <p class="poetry2">you complacent women will shudder;</p> <p class="poetry2">for the grape harvest will fail,</p> <p class="poetry2">and the fruit harvest will not<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="32:10 So 1QIsaa; MT reads without">i</a></span> come.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/32-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>So tremble, you ladies of leisure!</p> <p class="poetry2">Shudder, you daughters who feel so complacent!</p> <p class="poetry2">Strip down and make yourselves naked down to the waist!<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="32:11 Lit. the loins; so 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads to loins">j</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">Then wrap yourself in<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="32:11 1QIsaa MT LXX lack yourself in">k</a></span> sackcloth and beat your breasts.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="32:11 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack and beat your breasts">l</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/32-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>For people will be beating their breasts</p> <p class="poetry2">in mourning<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="32:12 1QIsaa MT lack mourning">m</a></span> over the pleasant fields,</p> <p class="poetry2">over the fruitful vines,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/32-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>and over the land of my people</p> <p class="poetry2">overgrown with thorns and<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="32:13 So 1QIsaa LXX; the Heb. lacks and">n</a></span> briers—</p> <p class="poetry2">yes, over all the houses of merriment</p> <p class="poetry2">and over this city of revelry.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/32-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“For the palace will be abandoned,</p> <p class="poetry2">the noisy city deserted;</p> <p class="poetry2">the citadel and watchtower</p> <p class="poetry2">will become barren wastes forever,</p> <p class="poetry2">the delight of wild donkeys,</p> <p class="poetry2">and a pasture for<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="32:14 So 1QIsaa; MT reads of; cf. LXX">o</a></span> flocks,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/32-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>until the Spirit from on high is poured upon us,</p> <p class="poetry2">and the desert becomes a fertile field,</p> <p class="poetry2">and the fertile field seems like a forest.”</p> <p class="heading">Restoration of God’s Reign</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/32-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“Then justice will live in the wilderness,</p> <p class="poetry2">and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/32-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The effect of righteousness will be peace,</p> <p class="poetry2">and the result of righteousness will be quietness and confidence forever.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/32-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>My people will live in peaceful dwellings,</p> <p class="poetry2">in secure homes and in undisturbed resting places.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/32-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>But it will hail when the forest comes down,</p> <p class="poetry2">and the wood<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="32:19 So 1QIsaa; MT reads the city; LXX lacks the wood">p</a></span> will be leveled completely.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/32-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>How happy you will be, sowing your seed beside every stream,</p> <p class="poetry2">and<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="32:20 So 1QIsaa; the Heb. lacks and">q</a></span> letting your<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="32:20 Lit. letting the feet of your">r</a></span> cattle and donkeys range freely!”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 32:2 So 1QIsaa; MT reads <i>of</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 32:2 So 1QIsaa; MT reads <i>like</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 32:2 Or <i>thirsty</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 32:5 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads <i>No longer will a fool will be called</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 32:6 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads <i>work</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 32:7 So 1QIsaa LXX; the Heb. lacks <i>and</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 32:7 1QIsaa and MT use two different synonyms<br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 32:7 So 1QIsaa; cf. LXX; MT reads <i>a needy one pleads</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 32:10 So 1QIsaa; MT reads <i>without</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 32:11 Lit. <i>the loins</i>; so 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads <i>to loins</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 32:11 1QIsaa MT LXX lack <i>yourself in</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 32:11 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack <i>and beat your breasts</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 32:12 1QIsaa MT lack <i>mourning</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 32:13 So 1QIsaa LXX; the Heb. lacks <i>and</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 32:14 So 1QIsaa; MT reads <i>of</i>; cf. LXX<br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 32:19 So 1QIsaa; MT reads <i>the city</i>; LXX lacks <i>the wood</i><br /><span class="fnb">q</span> 32:20 So 1QIsaa; the Heb. lacks <i>and</i><br /><span class="fnb">r</span> 32:20 Lit. <i>letting the feet of your</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../isaiah/31.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 31"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 31" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../isaiah/33.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 33"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 33" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/isaiah/32-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>