ISAIAH
CHAPTER 32
King Messiah shall reign in righteousness—The land of Israel shall be a wilderness until the day of restoration and gathering.
2 And a man [the
savior] shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from
the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great
rock in a weary land.
3 And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken. [ Hebrew "Shema" is translated here as hearken which means to "listen" and "obey". ] .
4 The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.
6 For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
7 The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
9 ¶ Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.
10 Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.
11 Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird asackcloth upon your loins.
13 Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:
14 Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;
15 Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.