--- title: "Isaiah 32 - Study King James Bible with barnes notes on the whole bible" description: "Read Isaiah 32 with barnes notes on the whole bible commentary. 1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment. 2 And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert fro" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/barnes-notes-on-the-whole-bible/isaiah/32" --- [ Read](/kjv/isaiah/32)[ Commentary](/study/isaiah/32)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/isaiah/32) Audio 1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment. 2 And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.* 3 And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken. 4 The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.** 5 The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said *to be* bountiful. 6 For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. 7 The instruments also of the churl *are* evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.* 8 But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.* 9 ¶ Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech. 10 Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.* 11 Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird *sackcloth* upon *your* loins. 12 They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.* 13 Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns *and* briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy *in* the joyous city:* 14 Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;* 15 Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest. 16 Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field. 17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. 18 And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places; 19 When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.* 20 Blessed *are* ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth *thither* the feet of the ox and the ass. [Isaiah 31](/study/isaiah/31) [Isaiah 33](/study/isaiah/33) ## Commentary To verse 1 **Behold, a king -**That is, Hezekiah. That it refers to him is apparent from the connection. The reign of Ahaz had been one of oppression and idolatry. This was to be succeeded by the reign of one under whom the rights of the people would be secured, and under whom there would be a state of general prosperity. This may have been uttered while Ahaz was on the throne, or it may have been when Hezekiah began to reign. Perhaps the latter is the more probable, as Ahaz might not have tolerated anything that would have looked like a reflection on his own reign; nor, perhaps, while he was on the throne would Isaiah have given a description that would have been a contrast between his reign and that of his successor. **Shall reign in righteousness -**That is, a righteous king shall reign; or his administration shall be one of justice, and strongly in contrast with that of his predecessor. This was certainly the general characteristic of the reign of Hezekiah. **And princes shall rule -**Hebrew, ‘For princes, or, ‘as to princes’ (לשׂרים *l**e**s'ârı̂ym*). Lowth proposes to read this without the ל (*l*), as the ancient versions do. But it is not necessary to change the text. It may be rendered, ‘As to princes, they shall rule’ (compare [Psalms 16:3](/kjv/psalms/16/3)). The ‘princes’ here denote the various officers of government, or those to whom the administration was confided. **In judgment -**That this is a just description of the reign of Hezekiah is apparent from the history, see [2 Kings 18:3-6](/kjv/2-kings/18/3-6) : ‘He removed the high places, and broke the images, and cut down the grove. 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