Isaiah 32:1
For, behold, a righteous king shall reign, and princes shall govern with judgment.
LXX2012 (US English)
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 Ezekias did so through all Juda, and did that which was good and right before the Lord his God.
Psalms 45:6The nations were troubled, the kingdoms tottered: he uttered his voice, the earth shook. 1
Psalms 72:2But my feet were almost overthrown; my goings very nearly slipped. 1
Isaiah 9:6For a child is born to us, and a son is given to us, whose government is upon his shoulder: and his name is called the Messenger of great counsel: + 9:6 Alex. + Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty One, Potentate, Prince of Peace, Father of the age to come; Compare Heb 2:2. for I will bring peace upon the princes, and health to him.
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 you⌃, comfort you⌃ my people, says 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 →