Isaiah · Brenton's Greek Septuagint
Isaiah 32 Brenton's Greek Septuagint
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- Ezra and Nehemiah form one book (2 Esdras) in this edition; the reader shows them as Ezra 1–10 and Nehemiah 1–13.
1 Ἰδοὺ γὰρ βασιλεὺς δίκαιος βασιλεύσει, καὶ ἄρχοντες μετὰ κρίσεως ἄρξουσι.
1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in justice.
2 Καὶ ἔσται ὁ ἄνθρωπος κρύπτων τοὺς λόγους αὐτοῦ, καὶ κρυβήσεται, ὡς ἀφʼ ὕδατος φερομένου· καὶ φανήσεται ἐν Σειὼν ὡς ποταμὸς φερόμενος ἔνδοξος ἐν γῇ διψώσῃ.
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.
3 Καὶ οὐκέτι ἔσονται πεποιθότες ἐπʼ ἀνθρώποις, ἀλλὰ τὰ ὦτα ἀκούειν δώσουσι.
3 The eyes of those who see will not be dim, and the ears of those who hear will listen.
4 Καὶ ἡ καρδία τῶν ἀσθενούντων προσέξει τῷ ἀκούειν, καὶ αἱ γλῶσσαι αἱ ψελλίζουσαι ταχὺ μαθήσονται λαλεῖν εἰρήνην.
4 The heart of the rash will understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers will be ready to speak plainly.
5 Καὶ οὐκέτι μὴ εἴπωσι τῷ μωρῷ ἄρχειν, καὶ οὐκέτι μὴ εἴπωσιν οἱ ὑπηρέται σου, σίγα.
5 The fool will no longer be called noble, nor the scoundrel be highly respected.
6 Ὁ γὰρ μωρὸς μωρὰ λαλήσει, καὶ ἡ καρδία αὐτοῦ μάταια νοήσει, τοῦ συντελεῖν ἄνομα, καὶ λαλεῖν πρὸς Κύριον πλάνησιν, τοῦ διασπεῖραι ψυχὰς πεινώσας, καὶ τὰς ψυχὰς τὰς διψώσας κενὰς ποιήσει.
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.
7 Ἡ γὰρ βουλὴ τῶν πονηρῶν ἄνομα βουλεύσεται, καταφθεῖραι ταπεινοὺς ἐν λόγοις ἀδίκοις, καὶ διασκεδάσαι λόγους ταπεινῶν ἐν κρίσει.
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.
8 Οἱ δὲ εὐσεβεῖς συνετὰ ἐβουλεύσαντο, καὶ αὕτη ἡ βουλὴ μενεῖ.
8 But the noble devises noble things, and he will continue in noble things.
9 Γυναῖκες πλούσιαι ἀνάστητε, καὶ ἀκούσατε τῆς φωνῆς μου· θυγατέρες ἐν ἐλπίδι εἰσακούσατε λόγους μου.
9 Rise up, you women who are at ease! Hear my voice! You careless daughters, give ear to my speech!
10 Ἡμέρας ἐνιαυτοῦ μνείαν ποιήσασθε ἐν ὀδύνῃ μετʼ ἐλπίδος· ἀνήλωται ὁ τρυγητὸς, πέπαυται, οὐκέτι μὴ ἔλθῃ.
10 For days beyond a year you will be troubled, you careless women; for the vintage will fail. The harvest won’t come.
11 Ἔκστητε, λυπήθητε αἱ πεποιθυῖαι, ἐκδύσασθε, γυμναὶ γένεσθε, περιζώσασθε τὰς ὀσφῦας,
11 Tremble, you women who are at ease! Be troubled, you careless ones! Strip yourselves, make yourselves naked, and put sackcloth on your waist.
12 καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν μαστῶν κόπτεσθε, ἀπὸ ἀγροῦ ἐπιθυμήματος, καὶ ἀμπέλου γεννήματος.
12 Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
13 Ἡ γῆ τοῦ λαοῦ μου, ἄκανθα καὶ χόρτος ἀναβήσεται, καὶ ἐκ πάσης οἰκίας εὐφροσύνη ἀρθήσεται.
13 Thorns and briers will come up on my people’s land; yes, on all the houses of joy in the joyous city.
14 Πόλις πλουσία, οἶκοι ἐγκαταλελειμμένοι πλοῦτον πόλεως ἀφήσουσιν, οἴκους ἐπιθυμήματος· καὶ ἔσονται αἱ κῶμαι σπήλαια ἕως τοῦ αἰῶνος, εὐφροσύνη ὄνων ἀγρίων, βοσκήματα ποιμένων,
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,
15 ἕως ἂν ἔλθῃ ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς πνεῦμα ἀφʼ ὑψηλοῦ· καὶ ἔσται ἔρημος ὁ Χέρμελ, καὶ ὁ Χέρμελ εἰς δρυμὸν λογισθήσεται.
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.
16 Καὶ ἀναπαύσεται ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ κρίμα, καὶ δικαιοσύνη ἐν τῷ Καρμήλῳ κατοικήσει.
16 Then justice will dwell in the wilderness; and righteousness will remain in the fruitful field.
17 Καὶ ἔσται τὰ ἔργα τῆς δικαιοσύνης, εἰρήνη· καὶ κρατήσει ἡ δικαιοσύνη ἀνάπαυσιν, καὶ πεποιθότες ἕως τοῦ αἰῶνος.
17 The work of righteousness will be peace, and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever.
18 Καὶ κατοικήσει ὁ λαὸς αὐτοῦ ἐν πόλει εἰρήνης, καὶ ἐνοικήσει πεποιθὼς, καὶ ἀναπαύσονται μετὰ πλούτου.
18 My people will live in a peaceful habitation, in safe dwellings, and in quiet resting places,
19 Ἡ δὲ χάλαζα ἐὰν καταβῇ, οὐκ ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς ἥξει· καὶ ἔσονται οἱ ἐνοικοῦντες ἐν τοῖς δρυμοῖς πεποιθότες, ὡς οἱ ἐν τῷ πεδινῇ.
19 though hail flattens the forest, and the city is leveled completely.
20 Μακάριοι οἱ σπείροντες ἐπὶ πᾶν ὕδωρ, οὗ βοῦς καὶ ὄνος πατεῖ.
20 Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, who send out the feet of the ox and the donkey.
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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