Isaiah 32:1
Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.
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Cross References
2 Chronicles 31:20And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good and right and truth before the LORD his God.
Psalms 45:6Your throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of your kingdom is a right sceptre.
Psalms 72:2He shall judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with judgment.
Isaiah 9:6For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 28:6And for a spirit of judgment to him that sits in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.
Isaiah 40:1Comfort all of you, comfort all of you 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 →