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Isaiah 32

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1Behold, a king will reign righteously, And officials will rule justly. ✦ 2Each will be like a refuge from the wind And a shelter from the storm, Like streams of water in a dry country, Like the shade of a huge rock in an exhausted land. ✦ 3Then the eyes of those who see will not be blinded, And the ears of those who hear will listen. ✦ 4The mind of the rash will discern the truth, And the tongue of the stammerers will hurry to speak clearly. ✦ 5No longer will the fool be called noble, Or the rogue be spoken of as generous. ✦ 6For a fool speaks nonsense, And his heart inclines toward wickedness: To practice ungodliness and to speak error against the Lord, To keep the hungry person unsatisfied And to withhold drink from the thirsty. ✦ 7As for a rogue, his weapons are evil; He devises wicked schemes To destroy the poor with slander, Even though the needy one speaks what is right. ✦ 8But the noble person devises noble plans; And by noble plans he stands. ✦ 9¶Rise up, you women who are at ease, And hear my voice; Listen to my word, You complacent daughters. ✦ 10Within a year and a few days You will be troubled, you complacent daughters; For the vintage is ended, And the fruit gathering will not come. ✦ 11Tremble, you women who are at ease; Be troubled, you complacent daughters; Strip, undress, and put sackcloth on your waist, ✦ 12Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine, ✦ 13For the land of my people in which thorns and briars will come up; Indeed, for all the joyful houses and for the jubilant city. ✦ 14For the palace has been neglected, the populated city abandoned. Hill and watch-tower have become caves forever, A delight for wild donkeys, a pasture for flocks, ✦ 15Until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high, And the wilderness becomes a fertile field, And the fertile field is considered as a forest. ✦ 16Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, And righteousness will remain in the fertile field. ✦ 17And the work of righteousness will be peace, And the service of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever. ✦ 18Then my people will live in a peaceful settlement, In secure dwellings, and in undisturbed resting places; ✦ 19And it will hail when the forest comes down, And the city will be utterly laid low. ✦ 20How blessed will you be, you who sow beside all waters, Who let the ox and the donkey out freely. ✦

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Where this chapter connects

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

Resources, by level

Lay

  • ★ Start hereVideoBibleProject — video overviews & word studiesBibleProject · 5–10 min · Free · evangelical

    Free animated overviews of every book of the Bible, plus themes and Hebrew/Greek word studies — the best visual on-ramp to any book. (Biblical-theology, broadly evangelical, not distinctly Reformed.)

  • ★ Start hereAudioThrough the WordThrough the Word · ~10 min/chapter · Free · evangelical

    A clear ~10-minute audio teaching for every one of the Bible's 1,189 chapters — the most systematic free way to study chapter by chapter.

Pastoral

  • SermonChuck Smith — C2000 SeriesChuck Smith · Free · evangelical

    Free verse-by-verse audio through the entire Bible from the founder of Calvary Chapel.

Seminary

  • ★ Start hereCommentaryThe Book of Isaiah (NICOT)John N. Oswalt · Paid · evangelical

    The standard evangelical commentary on Isaiah — thorough and devotionally warm.

Commentaries & study tools

  • VideoBibleProject — Isaiah videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.

  • VideoWatch teaching on Isaiah 32YouTube · Lay · Free

    Sermons and chapter teaching from across YouTube.

  • 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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