Isaiah 32

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1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment . 2 And a 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 great rock in a weary land. 3 And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken. 4 The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly. 5 The vile person shall be no more called liberal , nor the churl said to be bountiful . 6 For the 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. 7 The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right. 8 But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand. 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 fields, for the fruitful vine. 13 Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city: 14 Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left ; the forts 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. 20 Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass. Jer. 23:5 (5–6) . TG Kings, Earthly . OR justice. IE the king mentioned in v. 1 . Isa. 29:18 ; 35:5 . HEB noble. OR miser. HEB a nobleman or wealthy. HEB obscenity. TG Hypocrisy . TG Slander . TG Woman . HEB confident or secure (also vv. 10–11 ). TG Vanity . Joel 1:5 (5–7) . TG Apparel . HEB beat the breast (in mourning). OR deserted. TG Earth, Renewal of . TG Conscience ; Peace ; Peacemakers ; Peace of God . TG Happiness ; Joy . D&C 29:16 . IE The “forest” and “city” are probably “the proud and the wicked.”