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UST ISA Chapter 32

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32 Listen! Someday a king will rule who does what is right.

His officials will help him govern fairly.

2 Each of those rulers will protect the people,

like a shelter that protects people from wind and storms.

or like the shadow of a huge rock in a hot place.

Each one will provide for them,

like a brook flowing through a dry place.

3 People will look carefully at what Yahweh wants to show them,

and they will listen carefully to what Yahweh wants to tell them.

4 People will take the time to think carefully

so that they understand what Yahweh wants them to know.

People who now cannot speak well will speak fluently and clearly.

5 People will stop saying that foolish people are noble.

People will not say that scoundrels are honorable.

6 After all, foolish people say foolish things,

and they think about doing wrong things.

They say and believe things about Yahweh that are not true,

and so they do not live as he wants people to live.

They do not give food to hungry people,

and they do not give water to thirsty people.

7 A scoundrel plans to do wicked things,

and he uses evil methods to accomplish them.

He plans to ruin poor people by telling lies about them in court,

even though those poor people deserve to win their cases.

8 But an honorable person plans to do honorable things,

and he commits himself to doing what is honorable.

9 You women who are so proud and complacent,

pay attention and listen to what I say!

10 In a little more than a year,

you who are so complacent now will tremble with fear.

That is because no one will harvest any grapes

or gather any other crops.

11 You women who are so proud and complacent should shake with fear.

Take off your fancy clothes

and instead wear rough cloth to show that you are sorry for your sins.

12 Beat your breasts to mourn for the good grainfields

and the grapevines that now produce much fruit.

13 Do that because only thorns and briars will grow

on the ground that belongs to us Israelites.

In fact, they will also grow in the houses in which people now live happily

in cities where people enjoy themselves.

14 That is because people will abandon their expensive homes

and crowds will no longer gather in the cities.

For a long time, animals will use empty hilltop forts and watchtowers as their dens.

Wild donkeys will roam and flocks will graze where people once lived.

15 It will be like that until Yahweh sends his Spirit to us from heaven.

Then the deserts will become fertile farmland,

and the fertile farmland will become great forests.

16 Then people will act fairly and do what is right

throughout the land,

both in places where people have settled

and in places where they do not live.

17 When people do what is right, they will live peacefully.

When people live in a way that is right, they will always live quietly and safely.

18 We Israelites will live peacefully in our homes,

We will have safe places where we can stay

and quiet places where we can rest.

19 Yahweh will destroy the Assyrians and their cities

the way a severe hailstorm knocks down trees in a forest.

20 But we Israelites will have truly good lives.

We will plant seeds wherever streams will water them,

and we will let our cattle and donkeys go wherever they want.