Verse 1
Isaiah 32:1
Bible in Basic English
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See, a king will be ruling in righteousness, and chiefs will give right decisions.
Original Language Text
hebrew
הֵ֥ן לְ/צֶ֖דֶק יִמְלָךְ מֶ֑לֶךְ וּ/לְ/שָׂרִ֖ים לְ/מִשְׁפָּ֥ט יָשֹֽׂרוּ
English Translation
Behold, for righteousness the king will reign, and for princes they will establish justice.
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Chapter 32 Context
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See, a king will be ruling in righteousness, and chiefs will give right decisions.
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And a man will be as a safe place from the wind, and a cover from the storm; as rivers of water in a...
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And the eyes of those who see will not be shut, and those who have hearing will give ear to the word...
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The man of sudden impulses will become wise in heart, and he whose tongue is slow will get the power...
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The foolish man will no longer be named noble, and they will not say of the false man that he is a m...
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For the foolish man will say foolish things, having evil thoughts in his heart, working what is uncl...
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The designs of the false are evil, purposing the destruction of the poor man by false words, even wh...
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But the noble-hearted man has noble purposes, and by these he will be guided.
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Give ear to my voice, you women who are living in comfort; give attention to my words, you daughters...
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In not much more than a year, you, who are not looking for evil, will be troubled: for the produce o...
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Be shaking with fear, you women who are living in comfort; be troubled, you who have no fear of dang...
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Have sorrow for the fields, the pleasing fields, the fertile vine;
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And for the land of my people, where thorns will come up; even for all the houses of joy in the glad...
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For the fair houses will have no man living in them; the town which was full of noise will become a...
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Till the spirit comes on us from on high, and the waste land becomes a fertile field, and the fertil...
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Then in the waste land there will be an upright rule, and righteousness will have its place in the f...
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And the work of righteousness will be peace; and the effect of an upright rule will be to take away...
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And my people will be living in peace, in houses where there is no fear, and in quiet resting-places...
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But the tall trees will come down with a great fall, and the town will be low in a low place.
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Happy are you who are planting seed by all the waters, and sending out the ox and the ass.
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