Isaiah 32

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¹Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice. ✦ ²Each will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land. ✦ ³Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen. ✦ ⁴The mind of the rash will know and understand, and the stammering tongue will speak clearly and fluently. ✦ ⁵No longer will a fool be called noble, nor a scoundrel be respected. ✦ ⁶For a fool speaks foolishness; his mind plots iniquity. He practices ungodliness and speaks falsely about the LORD; he leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink. ✦ ⁷The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just. ✦ ⁸But a noble man makes honorable plans; he stands up for worthy causes. ✦ ⁹Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters. ✦ ¹⁰In a little more than a year you will tremble, O secure ones. For the grape harvest will fail and the fruit harvest will not arrive. ✦ ¹¹Shudder, you ladies of leisure; tremble, you daughters of complacency. Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth around your waists. ✦ ¹²Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines, ✦ ¹³and for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers—even for every house of merriment in this city of revelry. ✦ ¹⁴For the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become caves forever—the delight of wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks— ✦ ¹⁵until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. Then the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest. ✦ ¹⁶Then justice will inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field. ✦ ¹⁷The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever. ✦ ¹⁸Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place, in safe and secure places of rest. ✦ ¹⁹But hail will level the forest, and the city will sink to the depths. ✦ ²⁰Blessed are those who sow beside abundant waters, who let the ox and donkey range freely. ✦

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Where this chapter connects

Isa 35 ·6 Isa 28 ·5 Isa 24 ·5 Isa 5 ·5 Isa 9 ·4 Isa 3 ·4 Isa 29 ·4 Acts 2 ·4

Christ at the center

Isaiah sees him most clearly: the virgin's son Immanuel, the child on David's throne, the shoot from Jesse, the light to the nations, and above all the Suffering Servant pierced for our transgressions (ch. 53).

How Isaiah 32 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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★ Start hereVideoBibleProject — video overviews & word studiesBibleProject · 5–10 min · Free · evangelical
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SermonChuck Smith — C2000 SeriesChuck Smith · Free · evangelical
Free verse-by-verse audio through the entire Bible from the founder of Calvary Chapel.

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★ Start hereCommentaryThe Book of Isaiah (NICOT)John N. Oswalt · Paid · evangelical
The standard evangelical commentary on Isaiah — thorough and devotionally warm.

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VideoBibleProject — Isaiah videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical
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VideoWatch teaching on Isaiah 32YouTube · Lay · Free
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CommentaryEnduring Word — Isaiah 32David Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical
Readable, verse-by-verse exposition of the whole chapter.
CommentaryMatthew Henry on IsaiahMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical
The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).
ReferenceBlue Letter Bible — Isaiah 32Blue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free
Interlinear, lexicon, and study tools across the chapter.

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