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Isaiah
Chapter 32
1
Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness,
and
princes shall rule in judgment.
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.
3
And the eyes of those who see shall not be dim,
and
the ears of those who hear
shall
'hear, listen and obey' {shama`}.
4
The heart/'right lobe' also of the rash
shall
understand knowledge,
and
the tongue of the stammerers
shall
be ready to speak plainly.
5
The fool/'vile person' {nabal}
{the fool, in the Bible is the unbeliever or the believer
who has no divine viewpoint in his soul - hates to study
the Word.}
shall
be no more called inclined/willing/noble/generous {nadiyb},
nor
the scoundrel {nabal}
said
to be generous/bountiful {showa`}.
6
For the fool/'vile person'
will
speak villainy,
and
his heart/'right lobe' will work
'punishment
for sin'/iniquity {`avon},
to
practice hypocrisy,
and
to utter error against Jehovah/God . . .
to
make empty the soul of the hungry,
and
he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
7 The instruments also of the scoundrels are evil.
He
devises wicked devices to destroy the poor
with
lying words/'doctrinal communications' {dabar},
even
when the needy speaks right.
8
But the inclined/willing/noble/generous
devises
noble/generous things;
and
by noble/generous things
shall
he stand.
9
Rise up, you women who are at ease.
Hear
my voice,
you
careless daughters;
give
ear unto My speech.
10
Many days and years shall you be troubled,
you
careless women . . .
for
the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.
11
Tremble, you women who are at ease.
Be
troubled, you careless ones.
Strip
you, and make you bare,
and
gird sackcloth upon your loins.
12
They shall lament for the breasts,
for
the pleasant fields,
for
the fruitful vine.
13
Upon the land of My people
shall
come up thorns and briers.
Yes,
upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city.
14
Because the palaces shall be forsaken . . .
the
multitude of the city shall be left . . .
the
forts and towers shall be for dens forever,
a
joy of wild asses,
a
pasture of flocks.
15
Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high,
and
the desert/wilderness be a fruitful field,
and
the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
16
Then judgment shall dwell in the desert/wilderness,
and
righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
17
And the work of righteousness shall be peace
and
the effect of righteousness
quietness
and assurance forever.
18
And My people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation,
and
in sure dwellings,
and
in quiet resting places.
19
When it shall hail,
coming
down on the forest;
and
the city shall be low in a low place.
20
Blessed are you who sow beside all waters,
who
send forth there the feet of the ox and the ass.
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