2 And a man shall be as he that is hid from the wind, and hideth himself from a tempest, as rivers of waters in drought, and the shadow of a rock that standeth out in a desert ground.📜💬📚

3 The eyes of them that see, shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear, shall harken diligently.📜💬📚

4 And the heart of fools shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of mafflers shall speak readily and plain.📜💬📚

5 He that is unwise shall no more be called prince: neither shall the deceitful be called the greater man:📜💬📚

6 for the fool shall speak foolish things, & his heart shall do iniquity, that he may work simulation, and speak to our Lord deceitfully, & make empty the soul of the hungry, and take away drink from the thirsty.📜💬📚

7 The vessels of the deceitful are most wicked: for he hath framed devises to undo the meek, with the word of lying, when the poor man spake judgement.📜💬📚

8 But the prince will think these things, that are worthy of a prince, & he shall stand above the dukes.📜💬📚

Women of Jerusalem

9 Ye rich women arise, and hear my voice: ye confident daughters give ear to my speech.📜💬📚

10 For after days & a year you shall be troubled that have confidence: for the vintage is at the end, the gathering will no more come.📜💬📚

11 Be astonied ye rich women, be troubled ye confident: strip you, and be confounded, gird your loins.📜💬📚

12 Mourn upon your breasts, upon the country worthy to be destroyed, upon the fruitful vineyard.📜💬📚

13 Upon the ground of my people shall thorns & briers come up: how much more upon all the houses of joy, of the city rejoicing?📜💬📚

14 For the house is forsaken, the multitude of the city is left, darkness and palpableness are made upon the dens for ever.📜💬📚

15 The joy of wild asses the pastures of flocks, until the spirit be poured out upon us from on high: and the desert shall be as charmel, and charmel shall be reputed for a forest.📜💬📚

16 And judgement shall dwell in the wilderness, and justice shall sit in charmel.📜💬📚

17 And the work of justice shall be peace, and the service of justice silence, and security for ever.📜💬📚

18 And my people shall sit in the beauty of peace, & in the tabernacles of confidence, and in wealthy rest.📜💬📚

19 But hail in falling upon the forest, and the city shall be humbled with lowness.📜💬📚

20 Blessed are ye, that sow upon all waters, sending in the foot of the oxe and the ass.📜💬📚

Douay Rheims Original ↷

Isaiah 32 📜 📕 ↷

A Righteous King

Women of Jerusalem

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