English Bible Presentation Sharing - Isaiah Book, chapter 32, verse 15 in Nlv Version

Isaiah 32 : 1 (NLV)

See, a king will rule by what is right and good and princes will be fair.

Isaiah 32 : 2 (NLV)

Each will be like a safe place from the wind, and a covering from the storm. Each will be like rivers of water in a dry country, and like the shadow of a large rock in a waste land.

Isaiah 32 : 3 (NLV)

Then the eyes of those who see will be able to see. And the ears of those who hear will listen.

Isaiah 32 : 4 (NLV)

The mind of those who act in a hurry will understand the truth. And the tongue of those who have trouble speaking will hurry to speak well.

Isaiah 32 : 5 (NLV)

The fool will no more be called great. The bad man will no more be called a man of honor.

Isaiah 32 : 6 (NLV)

For a fool speaks foolish things. His mind plans wrong-doing, to sin and to say false things against the Lord, to keep the hungry person hungry, and to keep drink from the thirsty.

Isaiah 32 : 7 (NLV)

The ways of the bad man are sinful. He makes sinful plans to destroy the suffering with lies, even when the one in need asks for what is right.

Isaiah 32 : 8 (NLV)

But the man of honor makes good plans, and he stands for what is good.

Isaiah 32 : 9 (NLV)

Rise up, you women who live an easy life, and hear my voice. Listen to what I say, you daughters.

Isaiah 32 : 10 (NLV)

In a little more than a year, you will be troubled. There will be no grapes to gather, the wine will not be made.

Isaiah 32 : 11 (NLV)

Shake with fear, you women who live an easy life. Be troubled, you daughters, who feel safe. Take off your clothes and cover your bodies with cloth made from hair.

Isaiah 32 : 12 (NLV)

Beat your breasts for the good fields, for the vine full of fruit,

Isaiah 32 : 13 (NLV)

and for the land of my people in which thorns and thistles will come up. Yes, be sorry for all the houses of joy, and for the happy city,

Isaiah 32 : 14 (NLV)

because the king's house will be empty. The city full of people will be left empty. The hill and the watch-tower will become a place for wild animals forever, a happy place for wild donkeys, a field for flocks.

Isaiah 32 : 15 (NLV)

It will be this way until the Spirit is poured out upon us from heaven, and the desert becomes a field giving so much fruit, that it seems as if it has many trees.

Isaiah 32 : 16 (NLV)

Then what is right and fair will be in the desert. What is right and good will be in the field of much fruit.

Isaiah 32 : 17 (NLV)

The work of being right and good will give peace. From the right and good work will come quiet trust forever.

Isaiah 32 : 18 (NLV)

Then my people will live in a place of peace, in safe homes, and in quiet resting places.

Isaiah 32 : 19 (NLV)

But it will hail when the many trees come down and all the city will be laid waste.

Isaiah 32 : 20 (NLV)

How happy will you be, you who plant seeds beside all waters, and let the cattle and donkeys eat in any field.