Isaiah 32
A king will reign in justice and princes will rule with judgment, bringing peace and security to the people. The foolish will no longer be leaders, and the deceitful will be exposed for their wicked plans. The wealthy and confident will be disturbed and mourn the loss of their luxuries, as the land becomes desolate and overrun with thorns and briers. However, with the pouring out of the Spirit, the desert will become fruitful, and justice and peace will reign, bringing rest and security to the people.
Behold, the king will reign in justice, and the princes will rule in judgmentAnd a man will be like someone hidden from the wind, who conceals himself from a storm, or like rivers of waters in a time of thirst, or like the shadow of a rock that juts out in a desert landThe eyes of those who see will not be obscured, and the ears of those who hear will listen closelyAnd the heart of the foolish will understand knowledge, and the tongue of those with impaired speech will speak quickly and plainlyHe who is foolish will no longer be called leader, nor will the deceitful be called greaterFor a foolish man speaks foolishness and his heart works iniquity in order to accomplish deception. And he speaks to the Lord deceitfully, so as to empty the soul of the hungry and to take away drink from the thirstyThe tools of the deceitful are very wicked. For they have concocted plans to destroy the meek by lying words, though the poor speak judgmentYet truly, the prince will plan things that are worthy of a prince, and he will stand above the rulersYou opulent women, rise up and listen to my voice! O confident daughters, play close attention to my eloquenceFor after a year and some days, you who are confident will be disturbed. For the vintage has been completed; the gathering will no longer occurBe stupefied, you opulent women! Be disturbed, O confident ones! Strip yourselves, and be confounded; gird yourselves at the waistMourn over your breasts, over the delightful country, over the fruitful vineyardThorn and brier will rise up, over the soil of my people. How much more over all the houses of gladness, over the city of exultationFor the house has been forsaken. The multitude of the city has been abandoned. A darkness and a covering have been placed over its dens, even unto eternity. It will be the gladness of wild donkeys and the pasture of flocksuntil the Spirit is poured over us from on high. And the desert will be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field will be considered as a forestAnd judgment will live in solitude, and justice will be seated in a fruitful placeAnd the work of justice will be peace. And the service of justice will be quiet and secure, foreverAnd my people will be seated in the beauty of peacefulness, and in the tabernacles of faithfulness, and in the opulence of restfulnessBut hail will be in the descent of the forest, and the city will be brought exceedingly lowBlessed are you who sow over any waters, sending the feet of the ox and the donkey there
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