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Isaiah 32 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

The Glorious Future

32 Behold, a ^(A)king will reign righteously,
And officials will rule justly.
²Each will be like a ^(B)refuge from the wind
And a shelter from the storm,
Like ^[a]^(C)streams of water in a dry country,
Like the ^(D)shade of a ^[b]huge rock in an exhausted land.
³Then ^(E)the eyes of those who see will not be ^[c]blinded,
And the ears of those who hear will listen.
⁴The ^[d]mind of the ^(F)rash will discern the ^[e]truth,
And the tongue of the stammerers will hurry to speak clearly.
⁵No longer will the ^(G)fool be called noble,
Or the rogue be spoken of as generous.
⁶For a fool speaks nonsense,
And his heart ^[f]^(H)inclines toward wickedness:
To practice ^(I)ungodliness and to speak error against the Lord,
To ^[g]^(J)keep the hungry person unsatisfied
And ^[h]to withhold drink from the thirsty.
⁷As for a rogue, his weapons are evil;
He ^(K)devises wicked schemes
To ^(L)destroy the poor with ^[i]slander,
^(M)Even though the needy one speaks ^[j]what is right.
⁸But ^(N)the noble person devises noble plans;
And by noble plans he stands.

⁹Rise up, you ^(O)women who are at ease,
And hear my voice;
^(P)Listen to my word,
You complacent daughters.
¹⁰Within a year and a few days
You will be troubled, you complacent daughters;
^(Q)For the vintage is ended,
And the fruit gathering will not come.
¹¹Tremble, you women who are at ease;
^(R)Be troubled, you complacent daughters;
^(S)Strip, undress, and put sackcloth on your waist,
¹²^(T)Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine,
¹³^(U)For the land of my people in which thorns and briars will come up;
Indeed, for all the joyful houses and for the ^(V)jubilant city.
¹⁴For ^(W)the palace has been neglected, the ^[k]populated ^(X)city abandoned.
^[l]Hill and watch-tower have become ^(Y)caves forever,
A delight for ^(Z)wild donkeys, a pasture for flocks,
¹⁵Until the ^(AA)Spirit is poured out upon us from on high,
And the wilderness becomes a ^(AB)fertile field,
And the fertile field is considered as a forest.
¹⁶Then ^(AC)justice will dwell in the wilderness,
And righteousness will remain in the fertile field.
¹⁷And the ^(AD)work of righteousness will be peace,
And the service of righteousness, ^(AE)quietness and ^[m]confidence forever.
¹⁸Then my people will live in a ^(AF)peaceful settlement,
In secure dwellings, and in undisturbed ^(AG)resting places;
¹⁹And it will ^(AH)hail when the ^(AI)forest comes down,
And ^(AJ)the city will be utterly laid low.
²⁰How ^(AK)blessed will you be, you who sow beside all waters,
Who ^[n]let the ox and the donkey out freely.

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