Isaiah 32:9-19

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 sackcloth upon your loins.
12 They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant[a] fields, for the fruitful vine.
13 Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses[b] of joy in the joyous city:
14 Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts[c] 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.
16 Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
18 And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
19 When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.

Footnotes 3

  • [a]. pleasant...: Heb. fields of desire
  • [b]. yea...: or, burning upon
  • [c]. forts...: or, clifts and watchtowers
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