Isaiah 32:9-15

Expanded Bible

⁹ You women who are ·calm [complacent] now,
    ·stand [rise] up and listen to ·me [^Lmy voice].
You ·women [^Ldaughters] who feel ·safe [secure; self-confident] now,
    hear what I say.
¹⁰ You women feel ·safe [secure; self-confident] now,
    but ·after one year [^Lin a year and some days] you will ·be afraid [shudder; tremble].
There will be no grape harvest
    and no summer fruit to gather.
¹¹ Women, you are ·calm [complacent] now, but you should shake with fear.
    Women, you feel ·safe [secure; self-confident] now, but you should tremble.
·Take [Strip] off your nice clothes
    and put ·rough cloth [burlap; sackcloth] around your waist [^Ca sign of sorrow or despair].
¹² Beat your breasts [^Ca sign of mourning or grief], ·because the fields that were pleasant are now empty [^Lfor the pleasant fields].
    ·Cry, because the vines that once had fruit now have no more grapes [^L…for the fruitful vine].
¹³ ·Cry for [^L…for] the land of my people,
    in which only thorns and weeds now grow [Gen. 3:18].
·Cry for [^L…for] the city that once was happy
    and for all the houses that once were filled with joy.
¹⁴ The ·palace [or fortress] will be ·empty [abandoned; deserted];
    the ·noisy [bustling; populous] city will be abandoned.
·Strong cities and towers [or The citadel and the watchtower] will be empty.
    Wild donkeys will love to live there, and sheep will go there to eat.

¹⁵ This will continue until ·God pours his Spirit [^Lthe Spirit is poured] from ·above [heaven; ^Ton high] upon us.
    Then the desert will be like ·rich farmland [a fertile/fruitful field]
    and the ·rich farmland [fertile/fruitful field] like a forest [29:17; 35:1, 2].