# Isaiah 32 (New King James Version)
A Reign of Righteousness

##### Chapter 32
###### 1 Behold, a king will reign in righteousness,  
And princes will rule with justice.  

###### 2 A man will be as a hiding place from the wind,  
And a cover from the tempest,  
As rivers of water in a dry place,  
As the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.  

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

###### 4 Also the heart of the rash will understand knowledge,  
And the tongue of the stammerers will be ready to speak plainly.

###### 5 The foolish person will no longer be called generous,  
Nor the miser said _to be_ bountiful;  

###### 6 For the foolish person will speak foolishness,  
And his heart will work iniquity:  
To practice ungodliness,  
To utter error against the Lord,  
To keep the hungry unsatisfied,  
And he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.  

###### 7 Also the schemes of the schemer _are_ evil;  
He devises wicked plans  
To destroy the poor with lying words,  
Even when the needy speaks justice.  

###### 8 But a generous man devises generous things,  
And by generosity he shall stand.Consequences of Complacency

###### 9 Rise up, you women who are at ease,  
Hear my voice;  
You complacent daughters,  
Give ear to my speech.  

###### 10 In a year and _some_ days  
You will be troubled, you complacent women;  
For the vintage will fail,  
The gathering will not come.  

###### 11 Tremble, you _women_ who are at ease;  
Be troubled, you complacent ones;  
Strip yourselves, make yourselves bare,  
And gird _sackcloth_ on _your_ waists.

###### 12 People shall mourn upon their breasts  
For the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.  

###### 13 On the land of my people will come up thorns _and_ briers,  
Yes, on all the happy homes _in_ the joyous city;  

###### 14 Because the palaces will be forsaken,  
The bustling city will be deserted.  
The forts and towers will become lairs forever,  
A joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks--  

###### 15 Until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high,  
And the wilderness becomes a fruitful field,  
And the fruitful field is counted as a forest.The Peace of God's Reign

###### 16 Then justice will dwell in the wilderness,  
And righteousness remain in the fruitful field.  

###### 17 The work of righteousness will be peace,  
And the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance forever.  

###### 18 My people will dwell in a peaceful habitation,  
In secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places,  

###### 19 Though hail comes down on the forest,  
And the city is brought low in humiliation.

###### 20 Blessed _are_ you who sow beside all waters,  
Who send out freely the feet of the ox and the donkey.