Isaiah 32:1
Lo, for righteousness doth a king reign, As to princes, for judgment they rule.
Young's Literal Translation
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 doth thus in all Judah, and doth that which is good, and that which is right, and that which is true, before Jehovah his God;
Psalms 45:6Thy throne, O God, [is] age-during, and for ever, A sceptre of uprightness [Is] the sceptre of Thy kingdom.
Psalms 72:2He judgeth Thy people with righteousness, And Thy poor with judgment.
Isaiah 9:6For a Child hath been born to us, A Son hath been given to us, And the princely power is on his shoulder, And He doth call his name Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 28:6And for a spirit of judgment To him who is sitting in the judgment, And for might [to] those turning back the battle to the gate.
Isaiah 40:1Comfort ye, comfort ye, My people, saith 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 →