Isaiah 32:1
For, behold, a righteous king shall reign, and princes shall govern with judgment.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.
In Context
Cross References
2 Chronicles 31:20And Hezekiah did so through all Judah, and did that which was good and right before the Lord his God.
Psalms 45:6God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: 1 God shall help her with his countenance. 1
Psalms 72:2But my feet were almost overthrown; 1 My goings very nearly slipped. 1
Isaiah 9:6His government shall be great, and of his peace there is no end: it shall be upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to establish it, and to support it with judgment and with righteousness, from henceforth and forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts shall perform this.
Isaiah 28:6They shall be left in the spirit of judgment for judgment, and for the strength of them that hinder slaying.
Isaiah 40:1Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith 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 →