1 For, behold, a righteous king shall reign, and princes shall govern with judgment. 2 And a man shall hide his words, and be hidden, as from rushing water, and shall appear in Zion as a rushing river, glorious in a thirsty land. 3 And they shall no more trust in men, but they shall incline their ears to hear. 4 And the heart of the weak ones shall attend to hear, and the stammering tongues shall soon learn to speak peace. 5 And they shall no more at all tell a fool to rule, and thy servants shall no more at all say, Be silent. 6 For the fool shall speak foolish words, and his heart shall meditate vanities, and to perform lawless deeds and to speak error against the Lord, to scatter hungry souls, and he will cause the thirsty souls to be empty. 7 For the counsel of the wicked will devise iniquity, to destroy the poor with unjust words, and ruin the cause of the poor in judgment. 8 But the godly have devised wise [measures], and this counsel shall stand. 9 Rise up, ye rich women, and hear my voice; ye confident daughters, hearken to my words. 10 Remember for a full year in pain, yet with hope: the vintage has been cut off, it has ceased, it shall by no means come again. 11 Be amazed, be pained, ye confident ones: strip you, bare yourselves, gird your loins; 12 and beat on your breasts, because of the pleasant field, and the fruit of the vine. 13 [As for] the land of my people, the thorn and grass shall come upon [it], and joy shall be removed from every house. 14 [As for] the rich city, the houses are deserted; they shall abandon the wealth of the city, [and] the pleasant houses: and the villages shall be caves forever, the joy of wild asses, shepherds’ pastures; 15 until the Spirit shall come upon you from on high, and Carmel shall be desert, and Carmel shall be counted for a forest. 16 Then judgment shall abide in the wilderness, and righteousness shall dwell in Carmel. 17 And the works of righteousness shall be peace; and righteousness shall ensure rest, and [the righteous] shall be confident forever. 18 And his people shall inhabit a city of peace, and dwell in [it] in confidence, and they shall rest with wealth. 19 And if the hail should come down, it shall not come upon you; and they that dwell in the forests shall be in confidence, as those in the plain country. 20 Blessed are they that sow by every water, where the ox and ass tread.
Isaiah · Updated Brenton English Septuagint
Isaiah 32 Updated Brenton English Septuagint
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Notes on this text (1)
- Same Septuagint text as Brenton, with modernised spelling.
Cross references (20)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Isaiah 9:6–7; Hebrews 1:8–9; Jeremiah 33:15; Revelation 19:11; 2 Samuel 23:3
- 2 Isaiah 25:4; Isaiah 9:6; Isaiah 44:3; Isaiah 7:14; Isaiah 43:20
- 3 Isaiah 29:18; Isaiah 35:5–6; Acts 26:18; 2 Corinthians 4:6; 1 John 2:20–21
- 4 Isaiah 29:24; Luke 21:14–15; Matthew 16:17; Nehemiah 8:8–12; Matthew 11:25
- 5 Isaiah 5:20; Psalm 15:4; Malachi 3:18; Proverbs 23:6–8; 1 Samuel 25:3–8
- 6 Matthew 15:19; Isaiah 3:15; Matthew 23:13; Acts 8:21–22; Acts 5:3–4
- 7 Jeremiah 5:26–28; Acts 6:11–13; Psalm 64:4–6; Isaiah 5:23; Matthew 26:59–60
- 8 2 Samuel 9:1–13; Acts 11:29–30; Proverbs 11:24–25
- 9 Isaiah 28:23; Isaiah 3:16; Matthew 13:9; Amos 6:1–6; Jeremiah 48:11–12
- 10 Isaiah 7:23; Jeremiah 8:13; Hosea 3:4; Jeremiah 25:10–11; Hosea 2:12
- 11 Isaiah 3:24; Isaiah 20:4; Jeremiah 6:26; Hosea 2:3; Isaiah 33:14
- 12 Deuteronomy 8:7–8; Deuteronomy 11:11–12; Ezekiel 20:15; Lamentations 2:11; Lamentations 4:3–4
- 13 Hosea 9:6; Isaiah 22:2; Isaiah 34:13; Isaiah 7:23; Revelation 18:7–8
- 14 Isaiah 24:12; Isaiah 27:10; Isaiah 25:2; Isaiah 24:10; Psalm 104:11
- 15 Isaiah 29:17; Ezekiel 39:29; Isaiah 44:3; Titus 3:5–6; Luke 24:49
- 16 1 Corinthians 6:9–11; Isaiah 60:21; 1 Peter 2:9–12; Psalm 94:14–15; Isaiah 42:4
- 17 Isaiah 26:3; Psalm 119:165; James 3:17–18; Romans 14:17; Psalm 85:8
- 18 Zechariah 2:5; Hosea 2:18–23; Jeremiah 33:16; Ezekiel 34:25–26; Isaiah 35:9–10
- 19 Isaiah 28:17; Isaiah 28:2; Isaiah 30:30; Isaiah 26:5; Zechariah 11:2
- 20 Ecclesiastes 11:1; Isaiah 30:23–24; Isaiah 55:10–11; Acts 2:41; 1 Corinthians 3:6
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
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