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Isaías 32

BLIVRE · Chapter 32/66

1Eis que um rei reinará com justiça, e príncipes governarão conforme o juízo.

2E [cada] homem será como um abrigo contra o vento, e refúgio contra a tempestade; como ribeiros de águas em lugares secos, como a sombra de uma grande rocha num lugar deserto.

3E os olhos dos que vem não se ofuscarão; e os ouvidos dos que ouvem estarão atentos.

4E o coração dos imprudentes entenderá o conhecimento, e a língua dos gagos estará pronta para falar com clareza.

5Nunca mais o tolo será chamado de nobre, nem o avarento de generoso;

6Pois o tolo fala tolices, e seu coração opera maldade, para praticar perversidade e falar enganos contra o SENHOR, para deixar vazia a alma do faminto, e fazer com que o sedento não tenha o que beber.

7Os instrumentos do avarento são maléficos; ele trama planos malignos para destruir aos aflitos com palavras falsas, mesmo quando o pobre fala com justiça.

8Mas o nobre pensa em coisas nobres, e em coisas nobres ele permanece.

9Levantai-vos, mulheres que estais em repouso, e ouvi a minha voz; ó filhas, que estais tão confiantes, dai ouvidos às minhas palavras:

10Daqui a um ano e alguns dias, sereis perturbadas, vós, que estais tão confiantes; porque a produção de uvas não terá sucesso, e a colheita não virá.

11Tremei vós que estais em repouso, e sede perturbadas, vós que estais tão confiantes; despi-vos, e ficai nuas, e vesti vossos lombos [com roupa de saco] .

12Lamentai-vos batendo em vossos peitos por causa dos campos agradáveis e das vides frutíferas;

13Por causa da terra do meu povo, [na qual] espinhos e cardos crescerão; e por causa das casas de alegria [na] cidade alegre.

14Pois o palácio será abandonado, a cidade ruidosa ficará deserta; a colina e as torres de guarda serão esvaziadas para sempre, para alegria dos jumentos selvagens, e [servirão] de pasto para o gado;

15Até que seja derramado sobre nós o Espírito do alto; então o deserto se tornará um lugar fértil, e o lugar fértil será considerado uma floresta.

16E o juízo habitará no deserto, e a justiça morará no campo fértil.

17E a consequência da justiça será paz; e o produto da justiça, repouso e segurança para sempre.

18E meu povo habitará na morada da paz, em moradias bem seguras, em tranquilos lugares de descanso.

19(Granizo, porém, derrubará a floresta, e a cidade será abatida).

20Bem-aventurados sois vós, os que semeais sobre todas as águas; [e] deixais livres os pés do boi e do jumento.

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Summary

Isaiah describes the ideal reign of a righteous king, who will be like shelter from a storm, and contrasts this with complacent women who will be shaken out of their false security. The chapter ends with the promise that the Spirit of God will be poured out, turning the desert into a fertile field and bringing lasting peace.

Explanation

The 'King who will reign in righteousness' anticipates messianic themes already seen in chapters 9 and 11, describing an ideal ruler who brings refreshment and security like shade in a parched land. The call to the 'women who are at ease' may refer both literally to the elite women of Jerusalem and symbolically to the whole city, complacent in the face of imminent danger. The promise that 'the effect of righteousness will be peace' directly connects social justice with lasting stability and calm, a central principle in Isaiah's prophetic vision. The practical application today is that true peace is not the absence of conflict but the fruit of a society ordered by justice, and it depends on an inward change worked by the Spirit of God.

Fun facts

  • The phrase 'the effect of righteousness will be peace, and the result of righteousness, quietness and confidence' (v. 17) is frequently cited in modern theological discussions about the relationship between social justice and lasting peace.
  • The expression 'poured out from on high' (v. 15) laid the theological groundwork for later prophecies about the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, such as in Joel 2:28, quoted in the New Testament in Acts 2.

Verse-by-verse explanation

  1. Isaías 32:1A king who reigns in righteousness and princes who rule in judgment describe the opposite of the corrupt leadership criticized in earlier chapters. This is likely a hope tied to Hezekiah or to some future ideal ruler, though the text does not identify exactly who.
  2. Isaías 32:2The righteous ruler of verse 1 is described as a hiding place from the wind and a covert from the tempest, like rivers of water in a dry place and the shadow of a great rock in a weary land — images of protection and relief in a hostile environment.
  3. Isaías 32:3Under this kind of leadership, those who see will truly see with clarity, undistracted, and those who hear will truly pay attention — the opposite of the spiritual blindness and deafness criticized in earlier chapters.
  4. Isaías 32:4Even the rash will gain understanding and wisdom, and the stammerers will speak plainly and clearly — a complete transformation in the people's capacity for understanding and communication.
  5. Isaías 32:5In this new, just order, no one will any longer call the fool liberal or the churl bountiful — labels will finally match people's real character.
  6. Isaías 32:6It explains why this matters: the fool speaks villainy and works iniquity, practicing hypocrisy and error against the Lord, leaving the hungry without food and the thirsty without drink — folly has real consequences for the most vulnerable.
  7. Isaías 32:7The churl uses evil devices, inventing lies to harm the poor even when they rightly seek justice — another description of the corruption that this new leadership will correct.
  8. Isaías 32:8By contrast, the liberal man devises liberal things, and it is exactly this generosity that sustains his standing — the positive character that will finally be recognized and valued.
  9. Isaías 32:9The women who live at ease and secure are addressed directly because they represent Jerusalem's upper class, unconcerned about what is coming. The warning is that the harvest will fail and the city will fall, affecting even those who now feel protected by comfort.
  10. Isaías 32:10A warning to careless women: within a little more than a year, the vintage will fail and the harvest will not come — the security they feel now will be shaken by a real crisis.
  11. Isaías 32:11These carefree women are called to tremble and be troubled, stripping off their comfortable clothing and girding on sackcloth as a sign of mourning — the same crisis striking the harvest also demands public mourning.
  12. Isaías 32:12The mourning will be especially for the pleasant fields and the fruitful vines that are lost — the agricultural wealth that sustained that carefree life.
  13. Isaías 32:13Thorns and briers will grow up on the land of God's people, even in the houses where there was once celebration, in the joyous city — nature taking over what was once prosperous.
  14. Isaías 32:14The palace will be forsaken, the noise of the city will cease, and even the watchtowers will become dens where only wild animals live — the peak of urban desolation.
  15. Isaías 32:15The "spirit from on high" poured out, turning the wilderness into a fruitful field, is an image of a complete reversal of the landscape. It is a sign of renewal that ties the land and the people together in the same promise of restoration.
  16. Isaías 32:16After this crisis, once God's spirit is poured out, as mentioned in the previous verse, judgment and righteousness will finally dwell both in the wilderness and in the fruitful field — justice reaching every kind of place.
  17. Isaías 32:17The practical result of this righteousness will be peace, and its effect will be quietness and lasting assurance — righteousness is not just an abstract concept, it produces concrete well-being.
  18. Isaías 32:18God's people will dwell in a peaceable habitation, in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places — material security accompanying spiritual security.
  19. Isaías 32:19But before this peace arrives, hail will still fall on the forest, and the proud city will be brought completely low — judgment still has to happen before the final restoration.
  20. Isaías 32:20It ends with a blessing for farmers: blessed are those who sow beside all waters and send forth the feet of the ox and the donkey to graze freely — an image of abundance and freedom after so much scarcity.

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