Isaiah 32

² Each [one of them] will be like a hiding place from the windAnd a shelter from the storm,Like streams of water in a dry land,Like the shade of a huge rock in a parched and weary land [to those who turn to them].

² And a man 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.

² Each will be like a ^(B)refuge from the windAnd a shelter from the storm,Like ^(a)(C)streams of water in a dry country,Like the ^(D)shade of a ^(b)huge rock in ^(c)a parched land.

² Each will be like a shelter from the wind,a refuge from the rain,^(B)like streams of water^(C) in a dry landand the shade of a massive rock in an arid land.

² Each one will be like a shelter from the wind and a hiding place from storms, like streams of water in the desert, in the shadow of a great rock in an exhausted land.

⁴ The heart (mind) of those who act impulsively will discern the truth,And the tongue of the stammerers will hurry to speak clearly.

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

⁴ The ^(e)mind of the ^(F)hasty will discern the ^(f)truth,And the tongue of the stammerers will hasten to speak clearly.

⁴ The reckless mind will gain knowledge,and the stammering tongue^(E) will speak clearly and fluently.

⁴ The hearts of reckless people will understand sound judgment, and the tongues of those who stammer will be ready to speak clearly.

⁶ For the fool speaks nonsense,And his heart (mind) plans wickedness:To practice ungodliness and to speak error concerning the Lord,To keep the craving of the hungry unsatisfiedAnd to deprive the thirsty of drink.

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.

⁶ For a fool speaks nonsense,And his heart ^(g)(H)inclines toward wickedness:To practice ^(I)ungodliness and to speak error against the Lord,To ^(h)(J)keep the hungry person unsatisfiedAnd ⁽ⁱ⁾to withhold drink from the thirsty.

⁶ For a fool speaks foolishnessand his mind plots iniquity.He lives in a godless wayand speaks falsely about the Lord.He leaves the hungry emptyand deprives the thirsty of drink.^(G)

⁶ For fools utter contempt, and their minds plot wrong things: practicing ungodliness, spreading lies about the LORD, leaving the pangs of hungry people unsatisfied, and depriving thirsty people of drink.

⁸ But the noble man conceives noble and magnificent things;And he stands by what is noble and magnificent.

⁸ But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.

⁸ But ^(N)the noble man devises noble plans;And by noble plans he stands.

⁸ But a noble person plans noble things;he stands up for noble causes.

⁸ But those who are decent plan noble things, and by noble deeds they stand."

¹⁰ In little more than a yearYou will tremble [with anxiety], you unsuspecting and complacent women;For the vintage has ended,And the harvest will not come.

¹⁰ Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.

¹⁰ Within a year and a few daysYou will be troubled, O complacent daughters;^(Q)For the vintage is ended,And the fruit gathering will not come.

¹⁰ In a little more than a yearyou overconfident ones will shudder,for the vintage will failand the harvest will not come.

¹⁰ In little more than a year, you complacent women will shudder; for the grape harvest will fail, and the fruit harvest will not come.

¹² Beat your breasts [in mourning] for the beautiful fields, for the fruitful vine,

¹² They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.

^{12 (T)}Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine,

¹² Beat your breasts in mourning^(J)for the delightful fields and the fruitful vines,^(K)

¹² For people will be beating their breasts in mourning over the pleasant fields, over the fruitful vines,

¹⁴ For the palace has been abandoned, the populated city deserted;The hill [of the city] and the watchtower have become caves [for wild animals] forever,A delight for wild donkeys, a pasture for flocks,

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;

¹⁴ Because ^(W)the palace has been abandoned, the ^(l)populated ^(X)city forsaken.^(m)Hill and watch-tower have become ^(Y)caves forever,A delight for ^(Z)wild donkeys, a pasture for flocks;

¹⁴ For the palace will be forsaken,the busy city abandoned.The hill and the watchtower will becomebarren places forever,the joy of wild donkeys,and a pasture for flocks,

¹⁴ "For the palace will be abandoned, the noisy city deserted; the citadel and watchtower will become barren wastes forever, the delight of wild donkeys, and a pasture for flocks,

¹⁶ Then justice will dwell in the wilderness,And righteousness will live in the fertile field.

¹⁶ Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.

¹⁶ Then ^(AC)justice will dwell in the wildernessAnd righteousness will abide in the fertile field.

¹⁶ Then justice will inhabit the wilderness,and righteousness will dwell in the orchard.

¹⁶ "Then justice will live in the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field.

¹⁸ Then my people will live in a peaceful surrounding,And in secure dwellings and in undisturbed resting places.

¹⁸ And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;

¹⁸ Then my people will live in a ^(AF)peaceful habitation,And in secure dwellings and in undisturbed ^(AG)resting places;

¹⁸ Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place,in safe and secure dwellings.

¹⁸ My people will live in peaceful dwellings, in secure homes and in undisturbed resting places.

²⁰ Blessed (happy, fortunate) are you who cast your seed upon all waters [^(b)when the river overflows its banks and irrigates the land],You who allow the ox and the donkey to roam freely.

²⁰ Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.

²⁰ How ^(AK)blessed will you be, you who sow beside all waters,Who ^(o)let out freely the ox and the donkey.

²⁰ Those who sow seed are happybeside abundant waters;^(R)they let ox and donkey range freely.^(S)

²⁰ How happy you will be, sowing your seed beside every stream, and letting your cattle and donkeys range freely!"