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Isaiah 32

The Glorious Future

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Behold, a  aking will reign righteously And princes will rule justly.

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Each will be like a  arefuge from the wind And a shelter from the storm, Like  1 bstreams of water in a dry country, Like the  ashade of a  2huge rock in  3a parched land.

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Then  athe eyes of those who see will not be  1blinded, And the ears of those who hear will listen.

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The  1mind of the  ahasty will discern the  2truth, And the tongue of the stammerers will hasten to speak clearly.

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No longer will the  afool be called noble, Or the rogue be spoken of as generous.

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For a fool speaks nonsense, And his heart  1 ainclines toward wickedness: To practice  bungodliness and to speak error against the LORD, To  2 ckeep the hungry person unsatisfied And  3to withhold drink from the thirsty.

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As for a rogue, his weapons are evil; He  adevises wicked schemes To  bdestroy the afflicted with  1slander,  cEven though the needy one speaks  2what is right.

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But  athe noble man devises noble plans; And by noble plans he stands.

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Rise up, you  awomen who are at ease, And hear my voice;  bGive ear to my word, You complacent daughters.

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Within a year and a few days You will be troubled, O complacent daughters;  aFor the vintage is ended, And the fruit gathering will not come.

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Tremble, you women who are at ease;  aBe troubled, you complacent daughters;  bStrip, undress and put sackcloth on your waist,

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 aBeat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine,

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 aFor the land of my people in which thorns and briars shall come up; Yea, for all the joyful houses and for the  bjubilant city.

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Because  athe palace has been abandoned, the  1populated  bcity forsaken.  2Hill and watch-tower have become  ccaves forever, A delight for  dwild donkeys, a pasture for flocks;

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Until the  aSpirit is poured out upon us from on high, And the wilderness becomes a  bfertile field, And the fertile field is considered as a forest.

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Then  ajustice will dwell in the wilderness And righteousness will abide in the fertile field.

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And the  awork of righteousness will be peace, And the service of righteousness,  bquietness and  1confidence forever.

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Then my people will live in a  apeaceful habitation, And in secure dwellings and in undisturbed  bresting places;

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And it will  ahail when the  bforest comes down, And  cthe city will be utterly laid low.

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How  ablessed will you be, you who sow beside all waters, Who  1let out freely the ox and the donkey.



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