32:16 Justice will settle down in the desert
and fairness will live in the orchard. 1
32:17 Fairness will produce peace 2
and result in lasting security. 3
32:18 My people will live in peaceful settlements,
in secure homes,
and in safe, quiet places. 4
1 sn This new era of divine blessing will also include a moral/ethical transformation, as justice and fairness fill the land and replace the social injustice so prevalent in Isaiah’s time.
2 tn Heb “and the product of fairness will be peace.”
3 tn Heb “and the work of fairness [will be] calmness and security forever.”
4 tn Or “in safe resting places”; NAB, NRSV “quiet resting places.”