KJ3 Literal Translation
Isaiah 32
The blessings of Christ's kingdom. Desolation is predicted . Restoration is promised.
1Behold, a King shall reign in righteousness, and rulers shall rule in judgment.
2And a Man shall be a hiding place from the wind, a shelter from the storm, as streams of water in a dry place; like the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
3And the eyes of those that see shall not gaze, and the ears of those who hear shall pay attention.
4And the heart of the ones hurrying shall discern knowledge; and the tongue of those that stutter shall hurry to speak clear things.
5The foolish one shall no more be called a noble one, and a miser will not be said to be a generous one.
6For the foolish one speaks senselessness, and his heart works iniquity, to do ungodliness; and to speak error against Jehovah, to make the hungry soul empty; and he causes the drink of the thirsty to fail.
7And the miser's weapons are evil; he counsels wicked plots to destroy the poor ones with lying words, even the needy ones when he speaks justice.
8But the noble one counsels noble things; and he rises up by noble things.
9O women who are at ease, rise up. Hear My voice; daughters being confident, give ear to My Word.
10You will quake for days of a year, women being confident; for the vintage fails; the gathering will not come.
11Tremble, women at ease; quake, women being confident; strip and make yourselves bare, and bind sackcloth on your loins;
12be wailing over breasts, over pleasant fields, over the fruitful vine.
13Thorns and briers shall go up on the land of My people; even over all the houses of joy in the jubilant city,
14for the palace is left alone; the crowd of the city is forsaken; mound and tower are instead caves, until forever; a joy of wild asses; pasture for flocks;
15until is poured out on us the Spirit from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field; and the fruitful field is reckoned as a forest.
16And judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness shall dwell in the fruitful field.
17And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the service of righteousness shall be quietness and trusting till forever.
18And My people shall live in a home of peace, and in safe dwellings, and in secure resting places.
19Though it hails when the forest comes down, and the city is laid low in low places,
20blessed are you who sow beside all waters, who send out the foot of the ox and the ass.
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