Isaiah 32

1 Behold a king shall reign in justice, and princes shell rule in judgment.

For, behold, a righteous king shall reign, and princes shall govern with judgement.

2 And a man shall be as when one is hid from the wind, and hideth himself from a storm, as rivers of waters in drought, and the shadow of a rock that standeth out in a desert land.

And a man shall hide his words, and be hidden, as from rushing water, and shall appear in Sion as a rushing river, glorious in a thirsty land.

3 The eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken diligently.

And they shall no more trust in men, but they shall incline their ears to hear.

4 And the heart of fools shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of stammerers shall speak readily and plain.

And the heart of the weak ones shall attend to hear, and the stammering tongues shall soon learn to speak peace.

5 The fool shall no more be called prince: neither shall the deceitful be called great:

And they shall no more at all tell a fool to rule, and your servants shall no more at all say, Be silent.

6 For the fool will speak foolish things, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and speak to the Lord deceitfully, and to make empty the soul of the hungry, and take away drink from the thirsty.

For the fool shall speak foolish words, and his heart shall meditate vanities, and to perform lawless deeds and to speak error against the Lord, to scatter hungry souls, and he will cause the thirsty souls to be empty.

7 The vessels of the deceitful are most wicked: for he hath framed devices to destroy the meek, with lying words, when the poor man speaketh judgment.

For the counsel of the wicked will devise iniquity, to destroy the poor with unjust words, and ruin the cause of the poor in judgement.

8 But the prince will devise such things as are worthy of a prince, and he shall stand above the rulers.

But the godly have devised wise [measures], and this counsel shall stand.

9 Rise up, ye rich women, and hear my voice: ye confident daughters, give ear to my speech.

Rise up, you rich women, and hear my voice; you confident daughters, listen to my words.

10 For after days and a year, you that are confident shall be troubled: for the vintage is at an end, the gathering shall come no more.

Remember for a full year in pain, yet with hope: the vintage has been cut off; it has ceased, it shall by no means come again.

11 Be astonished, ye rich women, be troubled, ye confident ones: strip yen, and be confounded, gird your loins.

Be amazed, be pained, you confident ones: strip you, bare yourselves, gird your loins;

12 Mourn for your breasts, for the delightful country, for the fruitful vineyard.

and beat your breasts, because of the pleasant field, and the fruit of the vine.

13 Upon the land of my people shall thorns and briers come up: how much more upon all the houses of joy, of the city that rejoiced?

[As for] the land of my people, the thorn and grass shall come upon [it], and joy shall be removed from every house.

14 For the house is forsaken, the multitude of the city is left, darkness and obscurity are come upon its dens for ever. A joy of wild asses, the pastures of flocks,

[As for] the rich city, the houses are deserted; they shall abandon the wealth of the city, [and] the pleasant houses: and the villages shall be caves for ever, the joy of wild asses, shepherds' pastures;

15 Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high: and the desert shall be as a charmel, and charmel shall be counted for a forest.

until the Spirit shall come upon you from on high, and Chermel shall be desert, and Chermel shall be counted for a forest.

16 And judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and justice shall sit in charmel.

Then judgement shall abide in the wilderness, and righteousness shall dwell in Carmel.

17 And the work of justice shall be peace, and the service of justice quietness, and security for ever.

And the works of righteousness shall be peace; and righteousness shall ensure rest, and [the righteous] shall be confident for ever.

18 And my people shall sit in the beauty of peace, and in the tabernacles of confidence, and in wealthy rest.

And his people shall inhabit a city of peace, and dwell in [it] in confidence, and they shall rest with wealth.

19 But hail shall be in the descent of the forest, and the city shall be made very low.

And if the hail should come down, it shall not come upon you; and they that dwell in the forests shall be in confidence, as those in the plain country.

20 Blessed are ye that sow upon all waters, sending thither the foot of the ox and the ass.

Blessed are they that sow by every water, where the ox and ass tread.