ISAIAH 32 [†] Behold,  o a king will reign in righteousness,

and princes will rule in justice.

2[†]  p Each will be like a hiding place from the wind,

a shelter from the storm,

 q like streams of water in a dry place,

like the shade of a great rock in a weary land.

3[^][†]  r Then the eyes of those who see will not be closed,

and the ears of those who hear will give attention.

4 The heart of the hasty will understand and know,

 s and the tongue of the stammerers will hasten to speak distinctly.

5[†]  t The fool will no more be called noble,

nor the scoundrel said to be honorable.

6[†] For  u the fool speaks folly,

and his heart is busy with iniquity,

to practice ungodliness,

to utter error concerning the LORD,

 v to leave the craving of the hungry unsatisfied,

and to deprive the thirsty of drink.

7 As for the scoundrel— w his devices are evil;

he plans wicked schemes

to ruin the poor with lying words,

even when the plea of the needy is right.

8[†] But he who is noble plans noble things,

and on noble things he stands.

9[†]  x Rise up, you women  y who are at ease, hear my voice;

you complacent daughters, give ear to my speech.

10[†] In little more than a year

you will shudder, you complacent women;

for the grape harvest fails,

the fruit harvest will not come.

11[†] Tremble, you women  y who are at ease,

shudder, you complacent ones;

 z strip, and make yourselves bare,

 a and tie sackcloth around your waist.

12  b Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields,

for the fruitful vine,

13[†]  c for the soil of my people

growing up in thorns and briers,

 d yes, for all the joyous houses

in the exultant city.

14 For the palace is forsaken,

the populous city deserted;

the hill and the watchtower

will become dens forever,

 e a joy of wild donkeys,

a pasture of flocks;

15[^][†] until  f the Spirit is poured upon us from on high,

and  g the wilderness becomes a fruitful field,

and the fruitful field is deemed a forest.

16 Then justice will dwell in the wilderness,

and righteousness abide in the fruitful field.

17[†]  h And the effect of righteousness will be peace,

and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust [1] forever.

18 My people will abide in a peaceful habitation,

in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.

19[†]  i And it will hail when the forest falls down,

 j and the city will be utterly laid low.

20  k Happy are you who sow beside all waters,

who let the feet of the ox and the donkey range free.