Isaiah 32:9-20

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁹ Stand up, you complacent women;^(A)
listen to me.
Pay attention to what I say,
you overconfident daughters.
¹⁰ In a little more than a year
you overconfident ones will shudder,
for the grapes will fail
and the harvest will not come.
¹¹ Shudder, you complacent ones;
tremble, you overconfident ones!
Strip yourselves bare^(B)
and put sackcloth round your waists.
¹² Beat your breasts in mourning^(C)
for the delightful fields and the fruitful vines,^(D)
13 for the ground of my people
growing thorns and briars,^(E)
indeed, for every joyous house in the jubilant city.
¹⁴ For the palace will be deserted,
the busy city abandoned.
The hill and the watchtower will become
barren places for ever,
the joy of wild donkeys,
and a pasture for flocks,
¹⁵ until the Spirit^[a] from on high is poured out on us.^(F)
Then the desert will become an orchard,
and the orchard will seem like a forest.^(G)
16 Then justice will inhabit the wilderness,
and righteousness will dwell in the orchard.
¹⁷ The result of righteousness will be peace;^(H)
the effect of righteousness
will be quiet confidence for ever.
¹⁸ Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place,
in safe and secure dwellings.
¹⁹ But hail will level the forest,^[b](I)
and the city will sink into the depths.^(J)
20 You will be happy as you sow seed
beside abundant water,^(K)
and as you let oxen and donkeys range freely.^(L)