Isaiah 32:1

Behold, a king reigns for righteousness, || As for princes, they rule for judgment.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2And each has been as a hiding place [from] wind, || And as a secret hiding place [from] inundation, || As streams of waters in a dry place, || As a shadow of a heavy rock in a weary land.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 31:20And Hezekiah does thus in all Judah, and does that which is good, and that which is right, and that which is true, before his God YHWH;

Psalms 45:6Your throne, O God, [is for] all time and forever, || A scepter of uprightness || [Is] the scepter of Your kingdom.

Psalms 72:2He judges Your people with righteousness, || And Your poor with judgment.

Isaiah 9:6For a Child has been born to us, || A Son has been given to us, || And the dominion is on His shoulder, || And He calls His Name || Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, || Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 28:6And for a spirit of judgment || To him who is sitting in the judgment, || And for might [to] those turning back the battle to the gate.

Isaiah 40:1“Comfort, 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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