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width="99%" valign="top">New King James Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nkjv/kjv/isaiah/32.shtml" style=color:#001320 title=Parallel Chapters> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"> <h3>A Reign of Righteousness</span></h3><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="chapter-2"><span class="text Isa-32-1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/32-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Behold, a king will reign in righteousness,</span></span><br /><span class="text Isa-32-1">And princes will rule with justice.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/32-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>A man will be as a hiding place from the wind,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-32-2">And a <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[a]</a></span>cover from the tempest,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-32-2">As rivers of water in a dry place,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-32-2">As the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/32-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The eyes of those who see will not be dim,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-32-3">And the ears of those who hear will listen.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/32-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Also the heart of the <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span>rash will understand knowledge,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-32-4">And the tongue of the stammerers will be ready to speak plainly.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/32-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The foolish person will no longer be called <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span>generous,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-32-5">Nor the miser said <i>to be</i> bountiful;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/32-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For the foolish person will speak foolishness,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-32-6">And his heart will work iniquity:</span><br /><span class="text Isa-32-6">To practice ungodliness,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-32-6">To utter error against the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-32-6">To keep the hungry unsatisfied,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-32-6">And he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/32-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Also the schemes of the schemer <i>are</i> evil;</span><br /><span class="text Isa-32-7">He devises wicked plans</span><br /><span class="text Isa-32-7">To destroy the poor with lying words,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-32-7">Even when the needy speaks justice.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/32-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But a <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[d]</a></span>generous man devises generous things,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-32-8">And by generosity he shall stand.</span></p></div> <h3> Consequences of Complacency</span></h3><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="text Isa-32-9"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/32-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Rise up, you women who are at ease,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-32-9">Hear my voice;</span><br /><span class="text Isa-32-9">You complacent daughters,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-32-9">Give ear to my speech.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/32-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>In a year and <i>some</i> days</span><br /><span class="text Isa-32-10">You will be troubled, you complacent women;</span><br /><span class="text Isa-32-10">For the vintage will fail,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-32-10">The gathering will not come.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/32-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Tremble, you <i>women</i> who are at ease;</span><br /><span class="text Isa-32-11">Be troubled, you complacent ones;</span><br /><span class="text Isa-32-11">Strip yourselves, make yourselves bare,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-32-11">And gird <i>sackcloth</i> on <i>your</i> waists.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/32-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>People shall mourn upon their breasts</span><br /><span class="text Isa-32-12">For the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/32-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>On the land of my people will come up thorns <i>and</i> briers,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-32-13">Yes, on all the happy homes <i>in</i> the joyous city;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/32-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Because the palaces will be forsaken,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-32-14">The bustling city will be deserted.</span><br /><span class="text Isa-32-14">The forts and towers will become lairs forever,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-32-14">A joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks—</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/32-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-32-15">And the wilderness becomes a fruitful field,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-32-15">And the fruitful field is counted as a forest.</span></p></div> <h3> The Peace of God’s Reign</span></h3><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="text Isa-32-16"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/32-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Then justice will dwell in the wilderness,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-32-16">And righteousness remain in the fruitful field.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/32-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The work of righteousness will be peace,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-32-17">And the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance forever.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/32-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>My people will dwell in a peaceful habitation,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-32-18">In secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/32-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Though hail comes down on the forest,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-32-19">And the city is brought low in humiliation.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/32-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Blessed <i>are</i> you who sow beside all waters,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-32-20">Who send out freely the feet of the ox and the donkey.</span></p></div> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-18262a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Isaiah 32:2">Isaiah 32:2</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>shelter</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-18264b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Isaiah 32:4">Isaiah 32:4</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>hasty</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-18265c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Isaiah 32:5">Isaiah 32:5</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>noble</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-18268d"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Isaiah 32:8">Isaiah 32:8</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>noble</i></span></li></ol></div> <!--end of footnotes--></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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