Isaiah 32:2

Each of them will be like [MET] a shelter from the wind and a ◄refuge/place to be protected► from the storm. They will be like [SIM] streams of water in the desert, like the shade under a huge rock in a very hot and dry land.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.

In Context

1Listen to this! Some day there will be a righteous king, and his officials will help him to rule justly/fairly.

3When that happens, those leaders will enable people who have not understood [MET] God’s truth to understand it, and they will enable those who have not paid attention to [MET] God’s truth to pay attention to it.

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Cross References

Psalms 32:7You are like a place where I can hide from my enemies [MET], you protect me from troubles, and you ◄enable me/ put people around me who will enable me► to shout, praising you for saving me from my enemies. (Think about that!)

Psalms 143:9Yahweh, I have gone/run to you to be protected, so rescue me from my enemies.

Isaiah 4:5Then Yahweh will send a cloud of smoke every day and a flaming fire every night to cover Jerusalem and all those who gather there; it will be like a glorious canopy over the city

Isaiah 7:14Yahweh himself will do something for you to prove that he will help/protect you. Listen to this: A young woman will become pregnant and give birth to a son. She will name him Immanuel, which means ‘God is with us’.

Isaiah 9:6Another reason that we will rejoice is that a special child will be born for us; a woman will give birth to a son, who will be our ruler. And his names will be ‘Wonderful Counselor’, ‘Mighty/Powerful God’, ‘ Our Everlasting Father’, and ‘Prince/Ruler who enables us to have Peace’.

Isaiah 26:20But now, my people/fellow-citizens, go home and lock your doors! Hide for a short time, until Yahweh is no longer angry.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 32:2-9

The Reign of Justice. ( b. c. 726.) 1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment. 2 And a man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. 3 And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken. 4 The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly. 5 The vile… Read the whole commentary →

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