Isaiah 32:1-8 - The Kingdom Of Righteousness

1 "Look, a king will reign in righteousness, and rulers will rule with justice. 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. 3 Then the eyes of those who can see won't turn away, and the ears of those who can hear will listen. 4 The hearts of reckless people will understand sound judgment, and the tongues of those who stammer will be ready to speak clearly. 5 People will no longer call a fool noble, nor will a bad person be declared honorable. 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. 7 Furthermore, the crimes of bad people are evil; and they devise wicked schemes, destroying the poor with lying words, even when needy people plead a just cause. 8 But those who are decent plan noble things, and by noble deeds they stand."


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