Isaiah 32:1

Look, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule in justice. 1

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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 and a refuge from the storm, 1 like streams of water in a dry place, like the shade of a great rock in a land of weariness. 1

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 31:20Hezekiah did this throughout all Judah. He accomplished what was good, right, and faithful before Yahweh, his God.

Psalms 45:6Your throne, God, is forever and ever; 1 a scepter of justice is the scepter of your kingdom. 1

Psalms 72:2May he judge your people with righteousness 1 and your poor with justice. 1

Isaiah 9:6For to us a child has been born, to us a son has been given; 1 and the rule will be on his shoulder; 1 and his name will be called Wonderful Counselor, 1 Mighty God, Everlasting Father, 1 Prince of Peace. 1

Isaiah 28:6a spirit of justice for him who sits in judgment, and strength for those who turn back their enemies at their gates. 1

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

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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