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righteously,</p><p class="poem">and rulers will rule justly.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.32.1.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.32.2" /> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/32-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Each will be like a shelter from the wind,</p><p class="poem">a refuge from the rain,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.32.2.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">like flowing streams<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.32.2.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> in a dry land</p><p class="poem">and the shade of a massive rock in an arid land.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.32.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/32-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Then the eyes of those who see will not be closed,</p><p class="poem">and the ears of those who hear will listen.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.32.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.32.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/32-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The reckless mind will gain knowledge,</p><p class="poem">and the stammering tongue<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.32.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> will speak clearly and fluently.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.32.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/32-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>A fool will no longer be called a noble,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.32.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">nor a scoundrel said to be important.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.32.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/32-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For a fool speaks foolishness</p><p class="poem">and his mind plots iniquity.</p><p class="poem">He lives in a godless way</p><p class="poem">and speaks falsely about the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>.</p><p class="poem">He leaves the hungry empty</p><p class="poem">and deprives the thirsty of drink.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.32.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.32.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/32-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The scoundrel’s weapons are destructive;</p><p class="poem">he hatches plots to destroy the needy with lies,</p><p class="poem">even when the poor person says what is right.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.32.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/32-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But a noble person plans noble things;</p><p class="poem">he stands up for noble causes.</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.32.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/32-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Stand up, you complacent women;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.32.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">listen to me.</p><p class="poem">Pay attention to what I say,</p><p class="poem">you overconfident daughters.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.32.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/32-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>In a little more than a year</p><p class="poem">you overconfident ones will shudder,</p><p class="poem">for the grapes will fail</p><p class="poem">and the harvest will not come.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.32.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/32-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Shudder, you complacent ones;</p><p class="poem">tremble, you overconfident ones!</p><p class="poem">Strip yourselves bare<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.32.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and put sackcloth around your waists.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.32.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/32-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Beat your breasts in mourning<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.32.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">for the delightful fields and the fruitful vines,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.32.12.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.32.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/32-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>for the ground of my people</p><p class="poem">growing thorns and briers,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.32.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">indeed, for every joyous house in the jubilant city.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.32.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/32-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>For the palace will be deserted,</p><p class="poem">the busy city abandoned.</p><p class="poem">The hill and the watchtower will become</p><p class="poem">barren places forever,</p><p class="poem">the joy of wild donkeys,</p><p class="poem">and a pasture for flocks,</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.32.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/32-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>until the Spirit<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.32.15.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> from on high is poured out on us.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.32.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">Then the desert will become an orchard,</p><p class="poem">and the orchard will seem like a forest.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.32.15.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.32.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/32-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Then justice will inhabit the wilderness,</p><p class="poem">and righteousness will dwell in the orchard.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.32.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/32-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The result of righteousness will be peace;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.32.17.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">the effect of righteousness</p><p class="poem">will be quiet confidence forever.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.32.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/32-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place,</p><p class="poem">in safe and secure dwellings.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.32.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/32-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>But hail will level the forest,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.32.19.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.32.19.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and the city will sink into the depths.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.32.19.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.32.20" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/32-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>You will be happy as you sow seed</p><p class="poem">beside abundant water,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.32.20.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and as you let oxen and donkeys range freely.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.32.20.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Isaiah.32" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Isaiah.32.15.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.32.15">32:15</a></span> Or <span class="italic">a wind</span></aside><aside id="fn.Isaiah.32.19.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.32.19">32:19</a></span> Hb obscure</aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Isaiah.32" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.32.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.32.1">32:1</a></span> Ps 72:1–4; Is 9:6–7; 11:4–5; Jr 23:5; Zch 9:9; 14:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.32.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.32.2">32:2</a></span> Is 4:6; 25:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.32.2.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.32.2">32:2</a></span> Is 30:25</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.32.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.32.3">32:3</a></span> Is 6:10; 29:18</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.32.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.32.4">32:4</a></span> Is 33:19</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.32.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.32.5">32:5</a></span> Ps 107:40; 118:9; 146:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.32.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.32.6">32:6</a></span> Is 3:15; 10:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.32.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.32.9">32:9</a></span> Is 47:8; Am 6:1; Zph 2:15</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.32.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.32.11">32:11</a></span> Is 47:2–3</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.32.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.32.12">32:12</a></span> Nah 2:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.32.12.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.32.12">32:12</a></span> Mk 14:25</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.32.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.32.13">32:13</a></span> Is 5:6; 7:23–25; 9:18; 27:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.32.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.32.15">32:15</a></span> Is 11:2; 44:3; 59:21; Ezk 39:29; Jl 2:28</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.32.15.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.32.15">32:15</a></span> Is 29:17; 35:1–2</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.32.17.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.32.17">32:17</a></span> Ps 72:2–3; 85:8; 119:165; Is 2:4; Rm 14:17; Jms 3:18</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.32.19.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.32.19">32:19</a></span> Is 28:2,17; 30:30</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.32.19.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.32.19">32:19</a></span> Is 24:10,12; 26:5; 27:10; 29:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.32.20.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.32.20">32:20</a></span> Nm 24:7; Ec 11:1; Is 30:23–24</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.32.20.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.32.20">32:20</a></span> Is 30:24</aside><br 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