Isaiah 32 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Isaiah 33

¹Woe to you who destroy, but you weren’t destroyed, and who betray, but nobody betrayed you! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed; and when you have finished betrayal, you will be betrayed.

KJVWoe^H1945 to thee that spoilest^H7703^(H8802), and thou wast not spoiled^H7703^(H8803); and dealest treacherously^H898^(H8802), and they dealt not treacherously^H898^(H8804) with thee! when thou shalt cease^H8552^(H8687) to spoil^H7703^(H8802), thou shalt be spoiled^H7703^(H8714); and when thou shalt make an end^H5239^(H8687) to deal treacherously^H898^(H8800), they shall deal treacherously^H898^(H8799) with thee.

² Yahweh, be gracious to us. We have waited for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.

KJVO LORD^H3068, be gracious^H2603^(H8798) unto us; we have waited^H6960^(H8765) for thee: be thou their arm^H2220 every morning^H1242, our salvation^H3444 also in the time^H6256 of trouble^H6869.

³ At the noise of the thunder, the peoples have fled. When you lift yourself up, the nations are scattered.

KJVAt the noise^H6963 of the tumult^H1995 the people^H5971 fled^H5074^(H8804); at the lifting up^H7427 of thyself the nations^H1471 were scattered^H5310^(H8804).

⁴ Your plunder will be gathered as the caterpillar gathers. Men will leap on it as locusts leap.

KJVAnd your spoil^H7998 shall be gathered^H622^(H8795) like the gathering^H625 of the caterpiller^H2625: as the running to and fro^H4944 of locusts^H1357 shall he run^H8264^(H8802) upon them.

⁵ Yahweh is exalted, for he dwells on high. He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.

KJVThe LORD^H3068 is exalted^H7682^(H8737); for he dwelleth^H7931^(H8802) on high^H4791: he hath filled^H4390^(H8765) Zion^H6726 with judgment^H4941 and righteousness^H6666.

⁶ There will be stability in your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of Yahweh is your treasure.

KJVAnd wisdom^H2451 and knowledge^H1847 shall be the stability^H530 of thy times^H6256, and strength^H2633 of salvation^H3444: the fear^H3374 of the LORD^H3068 is his treasure^H214.

⁷ Behold, their valiant ones cry outside; the ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.

KJVBehold, their valiant ones^H691 shall cry^H6817^(H8804) without^H2351: the ambassadors^H4397 of peace^H7965 shall weep^H1058^(H8799) bitterly^H4751.

⁸ The highways are desolate. The traveling man ceases. The covenant is broken. He has despised the cities. He doesn’t respect man.

KJVThe highways^H4546 lie waste^H8074^(H8738), the wayfaring man^H5674^(H8802)^H734 ceaseth^H7673^(H8804): he hath broken^H6565^(H8689) the covenant^H1285, he hath despised^H3988^(H8804) the cities^H5892, he regardeth^H2803^(H8804) no man^H582.

⁹ The land mourns and languishes. Lebanon is confounded and withers away. Sharon is like a desert, and Bashan and Carmel are stripped bare.

KJVThe earth^H776 mourneth^H56^(H8804) and languisheth^H535^(H8797): Lebanon^H3844 is ashamed^H2659^(H8689) and hewn down^H7060^(H8804): Sharon^H8289 is like a wilderness^H6160; and Bashan^H1316 and Carmel^H3760 shake off^H5287^(H8802) their fruits.

¹⁰ “Now I will arise,” says Yahweh. “Now I will lift myself up. Now I will be exalted.

KJVNow will I rise^H6965^(H8799), saith^H559^(H8799) the LORD^H3068; now will I be exalted^H7426^(H8735); now will I lift up^H5375^(H8735) myself.

¹¹ You will conceive chaff. You will give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will devour you.

KJVYe shall conceive^H2029^(H8799) chaff^H2842, ye shall bring forth^H3205^(H8799) stubble^H7179: your breath^H7307, as fire^H784, shall devour^H398^(H8799) you.

¹² The peoples will be like the burning of lime, like thorns that are cut down and burned in the fire.

KJVAnd the people^H5971 shall be as the burnings^H4955 of lime^H7875: as thorns^H6975 cut up^H3683^(H8803) shall they be burned^H3341^(H8799) in the fire^H784.

¹³ Hear, you who are far off, what I have done; and, you who are near, acknowledge my might.”

KJVHear^H8085^(H8798), ye that are far off^H7350, what I have done^H6213^(H8804); and, ye that are near^H7138, acknowledge^H3045^(H8798) my might^H1369.

¹⁴ The sinners in Zion are afraid. Trembling has seized the godless ones. Who among us can live with the devouring fire? Who among us can live with everlasting burning?

KJVThe sinners^H2400 in Zion^H6726 are afraid^H6342^(H8804); fearfulness^H7461 hath surprised^H270^(H8804) the hypocrites^H2611. Who among us shall dwell^H1481^(H8799) with the devouring^H398^(H8802) fire^H784? who among us shall dwell^H1481^(H8799) with everlasting^H5769 burnings^H4168?

¹⁵ He who walks righteously and speaks blamelessly, he who despises the gain of oppressions, who gestures with his hands, refusing to take a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from looking at evil—

KJVHe that walketh^H1980^(H8802) righteously^H6666, and speaketh^H1696^(H8802) uprightly^H4339; he that despiseth^H3988^(H8802) the gain^H1215 of oppressions^H4642, that shaketh^H5287^(H8802) his hands^H3709 from holding^H8551^(H8800) of bribes^H7810, that stoppeth^H331^(H8801) his ears^H241 from hearing^H8085^(H8800) of blood^H1818, and shutteth^H6105^(H8802) his eyes^H5869 from seeing^H7200^(H8800) evil^H7451;

¹⁶ he will dwell on high. His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks. His bread will be supplied. His waters will be sure.

KJVHe shall dwell^H7931^(H8799) on high^H4791: his place of defence^H4869 shall be the munitions^H4679 of rocks^H5553: bread^H3899 shall be given^H5414^(H8737) him; his waters^H4325 shall be sure^H539^(H8737).

¹⁷ Your eyes will see the king in his beauty. They will see a distant land.

KJVThine eyes^H5869 shall see^H2372^(H8799) the king^H4428 in his beauty^H3308: they shall behold^H7200^(H8799) the land^H776 that is very far off^H4801.

¹⁸ Your heart will meditate on the terror. Where is he who counted? Where is he who weighed? Where is he who counted the towers?

KJVThine heart^H3820 shall meditate^H1897^(H8799) terror^H367. Where is the scribe^H5608^(H8802)? where is the receiver^H8254^(H8802)? where is he that counted^H5608^(H8802) the towers^H4026?

¹⁹ You will no longer see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that you can’t comprehend, with a strange language that you can’t understand.

KJVThou shalt not see^H7200^(H8799) a fierce^H3267^(H8737) people^H5971, a people^H5971 of a deeper^H6012 speech^H8193 than thou canst perceive^H8085^(H8800); of a stammering^H3932^(H8737) tongue^H3956, that thou canst not understand^H998.

²⁰ Look at Zion, the city of our appointed festivals. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a quiet habitation, a tent that won’t be removed. Its stakes will never be plucked up, nor will any of its cords be broken.

KJVLook^H2372^(H8798) upon Zion^H6726, the city^H7151 of our solemnities^H4150: thine eyes^H5869 shall see^H7200^(H8799) Jerusalem^H3389 a quiet^H7600 habitation^H5116, a tabernacle^H168 that shall not be taken down^H6813^(H8799); not one of the stakes^H3489 thereof shall ever^H5331 be removed^H5265^(H8799), neither shall any of the cords^H2256 thereof be broken^H5423^(H8735).

²¹ But there Yahweh will be with us in majesty, a place of wide rivers and streams, in which no galley with oars will go, neither will any gallant ship pass by there.

KJVBut there the glorious^H117 LORD^H3068 will be unto us a place^H4725 of broad^H7342^H3027 rivers^H5104 and streams^H2975; wherein shall go^H3212^(H8799) no^H1077 galley^H590 with oars^H7885, neither shall gallant^H117 ship^H6716 pass^H5674^(H8799) thereby.

²² For Yahweh is our judge. Yahweh is our lawgiver. Yahweh is our king. He will save us.

KJVFor the LORD^H3068 is our judge^H8199^(H8802), the LORD^H3068 is our lawgiver^H2710^(H8781), the LORD^H3068 is our king^H4428; he will save^H3467^(H8686) us.

²³ Your rigging is untied. They couldn’t strengthen the foot of their mast. They couldn’t spread the sail. Then the prey of a great plunder was divided. The lame took the prey.

KJVThy tacklings^H2256 are loosed^H5203^(H8738); they could not well^H3653 strengthen^H2388^(H8762) their mast^H8650, they could not spread^H6566^(H8804) the sail^H5251: then is the prey^H5706 of a great^H4766 spoil^H7998 divided^H2505^(H8795); the lame^H6455 take^H962^(H8804) the prey^H957.

²⁴ The inhabitant won’t say, “I am sick.” The people who dwell therein will be forgiven their iniquity.

KJVAnd the inhabitant^H7934 shall not say^H559^(H8799), I am sick^H2470^(H8804): the people^H5971 that dwell^H3427^(H8802) therein shall be forgiven^H5375^(H8803) their iniquity^H5771.

WEB·Isaiah 32

¹Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in justice.

KJVBehold, a king^H4428 shall reign^H4427^(H8799) in righteousness^H6664, and princes^H8269 shall rule^H8323^(H8799) in judgment^H4941.

² A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the storm, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a large rock in a weary land.

KJVAnd a man^H376 shall be as an hiding place^H4224 from the wind^H7307, and a covert^H5643 from the tempest^H2230; as rivers^H6388 of water^H4325 in a dry place^H6724, as the shadow^H6738 of a great^H3515 rock^H5553 in a weary^H5889 land^H776.

³ The eyes of those who see will not be dim, and the ears of those who hear will listen.

KJVAnd the eyes^H5869 of them that see^H7200^(H8802) shall not be dim^H8159^(H8799), and the ears^H241 of them that hear^H8085^(H8802) shall hearken^H7181^(H8799).

⁴ The heart of the rash will understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers will be ready to speak plainly.

KJVThe heart^H3824 also of the rash^H4116^(H8737) shall understand^H995^(H8799) knowledge^H1847, and the tongue^H3956 of the stammerers^H5926 shall be ready^H4116^(H8762) to speak^H1696^(H8763) plainly^H6703.

⁵ The fool will no longer be called noble, nor the scoundrel be highly respected.

KJVThe vile person^H5036 shall be no more called^H7121^(H8735) liberal^H5081, nor the churl^H3596 said^H559^(H8735) to be bountiful^H7771.

⁶ For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice profanity, and to utter error against Yahweh, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

KJVFor the vile person^H5036 will speak^H1696^(H8762) villany^H5039, and his heart^H3820 will work^H6213^(H8799) iniquity^H205, to practise^H6213^(H8800) hypocrisy^H2612, and to utter^H1696^(H8763) error^H8442 against the LORD^H3068, to make empty^H7324^(H8687) the soul^H5315 of the hungry^H7457, and he will cause the drink^H4945 of the thirsty^H6771 to fail^H2637^(H8686).

⁷ The ways of the scoundrel are evil. He devises wicked plans to destroy the humble with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.

KJVThe instruments^H3627 also of the churl^H3596 are evil^H7451: he deviseth^H3289^(H8804) wicked devices^H2154 to destroy^H2254^(H8763) the poor^H6041^(H8675)^H6035 with lying^H8267 words^H561, even when the needy^H34 speaketh^H1696^(H8763) right^H4941.

⁸ But the noble devises noble things, and he will continue in noble things.

KJVBut the liberal^H5081 deviseth^H3289^(H8804) liberal things^H5081; and by liberal things^H5081 shall he stand^H6965^(H8799).

⁹ Rise up, you women who are at ease! Hear my voice! You careless daughters, give ear to my speech!

KJVRise up^H6965^(H8798), ye women^H802 that are at ease^H7600; hear^H8085^(H8798) my voice^H6963, ye careless^H982^(H8802) daughters^H1323; give ear^H238^(H8685) unto my speech^H565.

¹⁰ For days beyond a year you will be troubled, you careless women; for the vintage will fail. The harvest won’t come.

KJVMany days^H3117 and years^H8141 shall ye be troubled^H7264^(H8799), ye careless women^H982^(H8802): for the vintage^H1210 shall fail^H3615^(H8804), the gathering^H625 shall not come^H935^(H8799).

¹¹ Tremble, you women who are at ease! Be troubled, you careless ones! Strip yourselves, make yourselves naked, and put sackcloth on your waist.

KJVTremble^H2729^(H8798), ye women that are at ease^H7600; be troubled^H7264^(H8798), ye careless ones^H982^(H8802): strip^H6584^(H8800) you, and make you bare^H6209^(H8798), and gird^H2290 sackcloth upon your loins^H2504.

¹² Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.

KJVThey shall lament^H5594^(H8802) for the teats^H7699, for the pleasant^H2531 fields^H7704, for the fruitful^H6509^(H8802) vine^H1612.

¹³ Thorns and briers will come up on my people’s land; yes, on all the houses of joy in the joyous city.

KJVUpon the land^H127 of my people^H5971 shall come up^H5927^(H8799) thorns^H6975 and briers^H8068; yea, upon all the houses^H1004 of joy^H4885 in the joyous^H5947 city^H7151:

¹⁴ For the palace will be forsaken. The populous city will be deserted. The hill and the watchtower will be for dens forever, a delight for wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks,

KJVBecause the palaces^H759 shall be forsaken^H5203^(H8795); the multitude^H1995 of the city^H5892 shall be left^H5800^(H8795); the forts^H6076 and towers^H975 shall be for dens^H4631 for^H5704 ever^H5769, a joy^H4885 of wild asses^H6501, a pasture^H4829 of flocks^H5739;

¹⁵ until the Spirit is poured on us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is considered a forest.

KJVUntil the spirit^H7307 be poured^H6168^(H8735) upon us from on high^H4791, and the wilderness^H4057 be a fruitful field^H3759, and the fruitful field^H3759 be counted^H2803^(H8735) for a forest^H3293.

¹⁶ Then justice will dwell in the wilderness; and righteousness will remain in the fruitful field.

KJVThen judgment^H4941 shall dwell^H7931^(H8804) in the wilderness^H4057, and righteousness^H6666 remain^H3427^(H8799) in the fruitful field^H3759.

¹⁷ The work of righteousness will be peace, and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever.

KJVAnd the work^H4639 of righteousness^H6666 shall be peace^H7965; and the effect^H5656 of righteousness^H6666 quietness^H8252^(H8687) and assurance^H983 for^H5704 ever^H5769.

¹⁸ My people will live in a peaceful habitation, in safe dwellings, and in quiet resting places,

KJVAnd my people^H5971 shall dwell^H3427^(H8804) in a peaceable^H7965 habitation^H5116, and in sure^H4009 dwellings^H4908, and in quiet^H7600 resting places^H4496;

¹⁹ though hail flattens the forest, and the city is leveled completely.

KJVWhen it shall hail^H1258^(H8804), coming down^H3381^(H8800) on the forest^H3293; and the city^H5892 shall be low^H8213^(H8799) in a low place^H8218.

²⁰ Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, who send out the feet of the ox and the donkey.

KJVBlessed^H835 are ye that sow^H2232^(H8802) beside all waters^H4325, that send forth^H7971^(H8764) thither the feet^H7272 of the ox^H7794 and the ass^H2543.

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