Old Testament · BSB
Isaiah 32
Berean Standard Bible · 20 verses
- Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice.
- Each 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.
- Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen.
- The mind of the rash will know and understand, and the stammering tongue will speak clearly and fluently.
- No longer will a fool be called noble, nor a scoundrel be respected.
- For 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.
- The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.
- But a noble man makes honorable plans; he stands up for worthy causes.
- Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters.
- In 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.
- Shudder, you ladies of leisure; tremble, you daughters of complacency. Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth around your waists.
- Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines,
- and for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers—even for every house of merriment in this city of revelry.
- For 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—
- until 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.
- Then justice will inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field.
- The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever.
- Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place, in safe and secure places of rest.
- But hail will level the forest, and the city will sink to the depths.
- Blessed are those who sow beside abundant waters, who let the ox and donkey range freely.