Isaiah 32

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.	1 See, a king will reign justly and princes will rule rightly.
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.	2 Each of them will be a shelter from the wind, a retreat from the rain. They will be like streams of water in a dry country, like the shade of a great rock in a parched land.
3 And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.	3 The eyes of those who see will not be closed;. the ears of those who hear will be attentive,
4 The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.	4 No more will the fool be called noble, nor the trickster be considered honorable,
5 The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.
6 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.	6 For the fool speaks foolishly, planning evil in his heart:. How to do wickedness, to speak perversely against the LORD, To let the hungry go empty and the thirsty be without drink,
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.	7 And the trickster uses wicked trickery, planning crimes: How to ruin the poor with lies, and the needy when they plead their case.
8 But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.	8 But the noble man plans noble things, and by noble things he stands.
9 Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.	9 O complacent ladies, rise up and hear my voice, overconfident women, give heed to my words.
10 Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.	10 In a little more than a year you overconfident ones will be shaken; The vintage will fail, there will be no harvest.
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.	11 Tremble, you who are complacent! Shudder, you who are overconfident! Strip yourselves bare, with only a loincloth to cover you,
12 They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.	12 Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, the fruitful vine,
13 Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:	13 And the soil of my people, overgrown whth thorns and briers; For all the joyful houses, the wanton city.
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;	14 Yes, the castle will be forsaken, the noisy city deserted;
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.	15 Until the spirit from on high is poured out on us. Then will the desert become an orchard and the orchard be regarded as a forest.
16 Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.	16 Right will dwell in the desert and justice abide in the orchard.
17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.	17 Justice will bring about peace; right will produce calm and security.
18 And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;	18 My people will live in peaceful country, in secure dwellings and quiet resting places.
19 When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.	19 Down it comes, as trees come down in the forest! The city will be utterly laid low. Hill and tower will become wasteland forever for wild asses to frolic in, and flocks to pasture,
20 Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.	20 Happy are you who sow beside every stream, and let the ox and the ass go freely!