Keraia
Major Prophets

Isaiah 32

A Righteous King

1Behold, a king will reign in righteousness,

and princes will rule with justice.

1Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule in justice.

2Each will be like a shelter from the wind,

a refuge from the storm,

like streams of water in a dry land,

like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land.

2And each man will be like a hiding place from the wind and a cover from the tempest, like streams of waters in a dry land, like the shade of a great rock in a weary land.

3Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed,

and the ears of those who hear will listen.

3And the eyes of those seeing will no longer be closed, and the ears of those hearing will listen;

4The mind of the rash will know and understand,

and the stammering tongue will speak clearly and fluently.

4and the heart of those being hasty will understand to know, and the tongue of the stammerers will hurry to speak clearly.

5No longer will a fool be called noble,

nor a scoundrel be respected.

5A foolish one will no longer be called noble, and a scoundrel will not be said to be honorable;

6For a fool speaks foolishness;

his mind plots iniquity.

He practices ungodliness

and speaks falsely about the LORD;

he leaves the hungry empty

and deprives the thirsty of drink.

6for a foolish one speaks foolishness, and his heart makes trouble, to practice profanity and to speak error against YHWH, keeping empty the soul of the hungry, and the thirsty he deprives of drink.

7The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive;

he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies,

even when the plea of the needy is just.

7And the scoundrel—his vessels are evil—he counsels wicked plots to destroy the poor with deceptive words, even when the plea of the needy is just.

8But a noble man makes honorable plans;

he stands up for worthy causes.

8And a noble counsels noble things, and he for noble things will stand.

The Women of Jerusalem

9Stand up, you complacent women;

listen to me.

Give ear to my word,

you overconfident daughters.

9Rise up O women at ease, hear my voice; O secure daughters, give ear to my word.

10In a little more than a year you will tremble,

O secure ones.

For the grape harvest will fail

and the fruit harvest will not arrive.

10In days upon a year, you will tremble, O secure ones; for the vintage has ended; the harvest will not come.

11Shudder, you ladies of leisure;

tremble, you daughters of complacency.

Strip yourselves bare

and put sackcloth around your waists.

11Tremble, O ones at ease; quake, O secure ones; strip yourselves and make yourselves bare, and gird upon your loins.

12Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields,

for the fruitful vines,

12For breasts they are lamenting over the fields of delight, over the fruitful vine,

13and for the land of my people,

overgrown with thorns and briers—

even for every house of merriment

in this city of revelry.

13over the land of my people where thorns and briers come up; yes, over all the houses of joy in the jubilant city.

14For the palace will be forsaken,

the busy city abandoned.

The hill and the watchtower will become caves forever—

the delight of wild donkeys

and a pasture for flocks—

14For the palace will be forsaken, the clamor of the city will be forsaken, and the citadel and watchtower will become as dens even to forever—the joy of wild donkeys, a pasture for flocks—

15until the Spirit is poured out

upon us from on high.

Then the desert will be an orchard,

and the orchard will seem like a forest.

15until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high and the wilderness becomes as a fertile field and the fertile field is considered as a forest.

16Then justice will inhabit the wilderness,

and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field.

16Then justice will settle down in the wilderness and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field.

17The work of righteousness will be peace;

the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever.

17And the work of righteousness will be peace, and the labor of righteousness quiet and security even to forever.

18Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place,

in safe and secure places of rest.

18And My people will settle in an abode of peace, and in dwelling places of security and quiet places of rest.

19But hail will level the forest,

and the city will sink to the depths.

19And it will hail in the going down of the forest, and the city will be brought utterly low.

20Blessed are those who sow beside abundant waters,

who let the ox and donkey range freely.

20Blessed are you who are sowing beside all waters, sending out the feet of the ox and the donkey.