Isaiah32

¹Behold, a king will reign righteously, And officials will rule justly.

²Each will be like a refuge from the wind And a shelter from the storm, Like streams of water in a dry country, Like the shade of a huge rock in an exhausted land.

³Then the eyes of those who see will not be blinded, And the ears of those who hear will listen.

⁴The mind of the rash will discern the truth, And the tongue of the stammerers will hurry to speak clearly.

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

⁶For a fool speaks nonsense, And his heart inclines toward wickedness: To practice ungodliness and to speak error against the Lord, To keep the hungry person unsatisfied And to withhold drink from the thirsty.

⁷As for a rogue, his weapons are evil; He devises wicked schemes To destroy the poor with slander, Even though the needy one speaks what is right.

⁸But the noble person devises noble plans; And by noble plans he stands.

⁹Rise up, you women who are at ease, And hear my voice; Listen to my word, You complacent daughters.

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

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

¹²Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine,

¹³For the land of my people in which thorns and briars will come up; Indeed, for all the joyful houses and for the jubilant city.

¹⁴For the palace has been neglected, the populated city abandoned. Hill and watch-tower have become caves forever, A delight for wild donkeys, a pasture for flocks,

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.

¹⁶Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, And righteousness will remain in the fertile field.

¹⁷And the work of righteousness will be peace, And the service of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever.

¹⁸Then my people will live in a peaceful settlement, In secure dwellings, and in undisturbed resting places;

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

²⁰How blessed will you be, you who sow beside all waters, Who let the ox and the donkey out freely.