Isaiah 32:1

Watch! A king is coming who does what's right when he rules, and those who rule under him will act fairly.

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Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.

In Context

2Each one will be like a shelter from the wind, like a protection from the storm, like rivers of water in the dry desert, like the shade of a large rock in a sun-baked land.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 31:20This is what Hezekiah did throughout the whole of Judah. He did what was good, right, and true before the Lord his God.

Psalms 45:6Your throne comes from God, and lasts forever and ever. The scepter with which you rule is a scepter of fairness.

Psalms 72:2May he rightly judge your people, and may he be fair to the poor.

Isaiah 9:6For a child will be born for us, a son will be given to us. He will bear the responsibility to rule. He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 28:6He will be an inspiration to the judges to do what's right, and he will encourage those who fight off the attacks on the gate.

Isaiah 40:1“Comfort, yes comfort my people!” says your God.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 32:1

This chapter seems to be such a prophecy of the reign of Hezekiah as amounts to an abridgment of the history of it, and this with an eye to the kingdom of the Messiah, whose government was typified by the thrones of the house of David, for which reason he is so often called "the Son of David." Here is, I. A prophecy of that good work of reformation with which he should begin his reign, and the happy influence it should have upon the people, who had been wretchedly corrupted and debauched in the reign of his… Read the whole commentary →

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