📖 Isaiah — Chapter 32 (KJV)
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Isaiah 32:1 Behold, a Rking shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.
Isaiah 32:2 And Ra 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 Tgreat rock in a weary land.
Isaiah 32:3 And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.
Isaiah 32:4 The Rheart also of the Trash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak Tplainly.
Isaiah 32:5 The Rvile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.
Isaiah 32:6 For Rthe 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.
Isaiah 32:7 The Rinstruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when Tthe needy speaketh right.
Isaiah 32:8 But Rthe liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he Tstand.
Isaiah 32:9 Rise up, Rye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.
Isaiah 32:10 RTMany days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.
Isaiah 32:11 Tremble, ye women that are at ease; Rbe troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.
Isaiah 32:12 They shall Rlament for the teats, for the Tpleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
Isaiah 32:13 Upon the land of my people shall Rcome up thorns and briers; Tyea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:
Isaiah 32:14 Because Rthe palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the Tforts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;
Isaiah 32:15 Until Rthe spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
Isaiah 32:16 Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
Isaiah 32:17 And Rthe work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
Isaiah 32:18 And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
Isaiah 32:19 When Rit shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be Tlow in a low place.
Isaiah 32:20 RBlessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.
📚 Study This Chapter
📖 What We’re Reading
Isaiah 32:1–7 — Righteous rule and exposed exploitation
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
A righteous king and just rulers contrast with fools and greedy schemers. Lying words that destroy the poor are exposed, even when the needy speak rightly.
Key Truth: Justice hears the vulnerable truthfully.
Check What You Remember
1. Complete the KJV wording: “Behold, a king shall reign in ____ , and princes shall rule in judgment.” (Isaiah 32:1)
Find it in Isaiah 32:1 (KJV).
2. Complete the KJV wording: “The ____ also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue …” (Isaiah 32:4)
Find it in Isaiah 32:4 (KJV).
3. Complete the KJV wording: “The instruments also of the churl are ____ : he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with …” (Isaiah 32:7)
Find it in Isaiah 32:7 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Isaiah 32:8–14 — Generosity and a warning to complacency
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
Generous purposes stand in contrast to comfortable refusal to heed warning. Lost harvests, abandoned palaces, and mourning confront assumed security.
Key Truth: Do not let comfort silence concern.
Check What You Remember
1. Complete the KJV wording: “But the ____ deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.” (Isaiah 32:8)
Find it in Isaiah 32:8 (KJV).
2. Complete the KJV wording: “____ , ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye …” (Isaiah 32:11)
Find it in Isaiah 32:11 (KJV).
3. Complete the KJV wording: “… up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of ____ in the joyous city:” (Isaiah 32:13)
Find it in Isaiah 32:13 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Isaiah 32:15–20 — The Spirit, righteousness, and peace
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
The Spirit poured from on high transforms wilderness into fruitfulness. Righteousness produces peace, quietness, and assurance, not merely decorative abundance.
Key Truth: Seek renewal that bears righteous peace.
Check What You Remember
1. Complete the KJV wording: “Until the ____ be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness …” (Isaiah 32:15)
Find it in Isaiah 32:15 (KJV).
2. Complete the KJV wording: “And my ____ shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, …” (Isaiah 32:18)
Find it in Isaiah 32:18 (KJV).
3. Complete the KJV wording: “____ are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth …” (Isaiah 32:20)
Find it in Isaiah 32:20 (KJV).
Related Scripture (KJV)
James 3:18 — Righteous fruit grows in peace.
This related passage is selected for its connection with this chapter. It is separate from the chapter text.
Reflect and Apply
What complacency should become generous and responsible action?
Advanced Questions and Answers
Study this chapter’s wording, patterns, contrasts, and meaning in greater depth.
1. What qualifies the announced rule?
2. What misleading naming ceases?
3. How does the truly liberal person differ?
4. What accompanies the spirit poured from on high?
5. What effect is assigned to righteousness?
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