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Isaiah 32:16-18

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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.”



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