Isa.32.1
Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.
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But look! A king will rule in the right way, and his leaders will carry out justice.
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See, a king will reign in righteousness and rulers will rule with justice.
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Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, And princes will rule with justice.
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Look, a righteous king is coming! And honest princes will rule under him.
Isa.32.2
And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
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Each one will stand as a shelter from high winds, provide safe cover in stormy weather. Each will be cool running water in parched land, a huge granite outcrop giving shade in the desert.
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Each man will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in the desert and the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land.
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A man will be as a hiding place from the wind, And a cover from the tempest, As rivers of water in a dry place, As the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
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He will shelter Israel from the storm and the wind. He will refresh her as a river in the desert and as the cool shadow of a large rock in a hot and weary land.
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And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.
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Anyone who looks will see, anyone who listens will hear.
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Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen.
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The eyes of those who see will not be dim, And the ears of those who hear will listen.
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Then everyone who can see will be looking for God, and those who can hear will listen to his voice.
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The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.
Isa.32.4
The impulsive will make sound decisions, the tongue-tied will speak with eloquence.
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The mind of the rash will know and understand, and the stammering tongue will be fluent and clear.
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Also the heart of the rash will understand knowledge, And the tongue of the stammerers will be ready to speak plainly.
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Even the hotheads among them will be full of sense and understanding. Those who stammer in uncertainty will speak out plainly.
Isa.32.5
The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.
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No more will fools become celebrities, nor crooks be rewarded with fame.
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No longer will the fool be called noble nor the scoundrel be highly respected.
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The foolish person will no longer be called generous, Nor the miser said to be bountiful;
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In that day ungodly fools will not be heroes. Wealthy cheaters will not be respected as outstanding citizens.
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For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
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For fools are fools and that's that, thinking up new ways to do mischief. They leave a wake of wrecked lives and lies about GOD, Turning their backs on the homeless hungry, ignoring those dying of thirst in the streets.
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For the fool speaks folly, his mind is busy with evil: He practices ungodliness and spreads error concerning the LORD; the hungry he leaves empty and from the thirsty he withholds water.
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For the foolish person will speak foolishness, And his heart will work iniquity: To practice ungodliness, To utter error against the LORD, To keep the hungry unsatisfied, And he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
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Everyone will recognize ungodly fools for what they are. They spread lies about the LORD; they deprive the hungry of food and give no water to the thirsty.
Isa.32.7
The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
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And the crooks? Underhanded sneaks they are, inventive in sin and scandal, Exploiting the poor with scams and lies, unmoved by the victimized poor.
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The scoundrel's methods are wicked, he makes up evil schemes to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.
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Also the schemes of the schemer are evil; He devises wicked plans To destroy the poor with lying words, Even when the needy speaks justice.
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The smooth tricks of evil people will be exposed, including all the lies they use to oppress the poor in the courts.
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But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.
Isa.32.8
But those who are noble make noble plans, and stand for what is noble. [JC]
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But the noble man makes noble plans, and by noble deeds he stands.
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But a generous man devises generous things, And by generosity he shall stand.
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But good people will be generous to others and will be blessed for all they do.
Isa.32.9
Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.
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Take your stand, indolent women! Listen to me! Indulgent, indolent women, listen closely to what I have to say.
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You women who are so complacent, rise up and listen to me; you daughters who feel secure, hear what I have to say!
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Rise up, you women who are at ease, Hear my voice; You complacent daughters, Give ear to my speech.
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Listen, you women who lie around in lazy ease. Listen to me, and I will tell you of your reward.
Isa.32.10
Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.
Isa.32.10
In just a little over a year from now, you'll be shaken out of your lazy lives. The grape harvest will fail, and there'll be no fruit on the trees.
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In little more than a year you who feel secure will tremble; the grape harvest will fail, and the harvest of fruit will not come.
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In a year and some days You will be troubled, you complacent women; For the vintage will fail, The gathering will not come.
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In a short time--in just a little more than a year--you careless ones will suddenly begin to care. For your fruit crop will fail, and the harvest will never take place.
Isa.32.11
Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.
Isa.32.11
Oh tremble, you indolent women. Get serious, you pampered dolls! Strip down and discard your silk fineries. Put on funeral clothes.
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Tremble, you complacent women; shudder, you daughters who feel secure! Strip off your clothes, put sackcloth around your waists.
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Tremble, you women who are at ease; Be troubled, you complacent ones; Strip yourselves, make yourselves bare, And gird sackcloth on your waists.
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Tremble, you women of ease; throw off your unconcern. Strip off your pretty clothes, and wear sackcloth in your grief.
Isa.32.12
They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
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Shed honest tears for the lost harvest, the failed vintage.
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Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines
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People shall mourn upon their breasts For the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
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Beat your breasts in sorrow for your bountiful farms that will soon be gone, and for those fruitful vines of other years.
Isa.32.13
Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:
Isa.32.13
Weep for my people's gardens and farms that grow nothing but thistles and thornbushes. Cry tears, real tears, for the happy homes no longer happy, the merry city no longer merry.
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and for the land of my people, a land overgrown with thorns and briers- yes, mourn for all houses of merriment and for this city of revelry.
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On the land of my people will come up thorns and briers, Yes, on all the happy homes in the joyous city;
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For your land will be overgrown with thorns and briers. Your joyful homes and happy cities will be gone.
Isa.32.14
Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;
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The royal palace is deserted, the bustling city quiet as a morgue, The emptied parks and playgrounds taken over by wild animals, delighted with their new home.
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The fortress will be abandoned, the noisy city deserted; citadel and watchtower will become a wasteland forever, the delight of donkeys, a pasture for flocks,
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Because the palaces will be forsaken, The bustling city will be deserted. The forts and towers will become lairs forever, A joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks--
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The palace and the city will be deserted, and busy towns will be empty. Herds of donkeys and goats will graze on the hills where the watchtowers are,
Isa.32.15
Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
Isa.32.15
Yes, weep and grieve until the Spirit is poured down on us from above And the badlands desert grows crops and the fertile fields become forests.
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till the Spirit is poured upon us from on high, and the desert becomes a fertile field, and the fertile field seems like a forest.
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Until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high, And the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, And the fruitful field is counted as a forest.
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until at last the Spirit is poured down upon us from heaven. Then the wilderness will become a fertile field, and the fertile field will become a lush and fertile forest.
Isa.32.16
Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
Isa.32.16
Justice will move into the badlands desert. Right will build a home in the fertile field.
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Justice will dwell in the desert and righteousness live in the fertile field.
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Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, And righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
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Justice will rule in the wilderness and righteousness in the fertile field.
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And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
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And where there's Right, there'll be Peace and the progeny of Right: quiet lives and endless trust.
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The fruit of righteousness will be peace; the effect of righteousness will be quietness and confidence forever.
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The work of righteousness will be peace, And the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance forever.
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And this righteousness will bring peace. Quietness and confidence will fill the land forever.
Isa.32.18
And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
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My people will live in a peaceful neighborhood--in safe houses, in quiet gardens.
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My people will live in peaceful dwelling places, in secure homes, in undisturbed places of rest.
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My people will dwell in a peaceful habitation, In secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places,
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My people will live in safety, quietly at home. They will be at rest.
Isa.32.19
When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.
Isa.32.19
The forest of your pride will be clear-cut, the city showing off your power leveled.
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Though hail flattens the forest and the city is leveled completely,
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Though hail comes down on the forest, And the city is brought low in humiliation.
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Even though the forest will be destroyed and the city torn down,
Isa.32.20
Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.
Isa.32.20
But you will enjoy a blessed life, planting well-watered fields and gardens, with your farm animals grazing freely.
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how blessed you will be, sowing your seed by every stream, and letting your cattle and donkeys range free.
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Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, Who send out freely the feet of the ox and the donkey.
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God will greatly bless his people. Wherever they plant seed, bountiful crops will spring up. Their flocks and herds will graze in green pastures.
