Isaiah 32:16 “Then justice will inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell…”

Isaiah 32:16

Then justice will inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.

World English Bible

Then justice will dwell in the wilderness; and righteousness will remain in the fruitful field.

American Standard Version

Then justice shall dwell in the wilderness; and righteousness shall abide in the fruitful field.

Geneva Bible 1599

And iudgement shall dwel in the desert, and iustice shall remaine in the fruitfull fielde.

Darby Translation

And judgment shall inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness dwell in the fruitful field.

Young's Literal Translation

And dwelt in the wilderness hath judgment, And righteousness in the fruitful field remaineth.

Bible in Basic English

Then in the waste land there will be an upright rule, and righteousness will have its place in the fertile field.

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Cross references

“Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.”

Isaiah 35:8 Isaiah 42:4 Isaiah 56:6–8 Isaiah 60:21 Hosea 3:5 1 Corinthians 6:9–11

Isaiah 35:8 · BSB

And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it— only those who walk in the Way— and fools will not stray onto it.

Isaiah 42:4 · BSB

He will not grow weak or discouraged before He has established justice on the earth. In His law the islands will put their hope.”

Isaiah 56:6–8 · BSB

And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD to minister to Him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be His servants— all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it and who hold fast to My covenant—

Isaiah 60:21 · BSB

Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever; they are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, so that I may be glorified.

Hosea 3:5 · BSB

Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.

1 Corinthians 6:9–11 · BSB

Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. Then the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.

17The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever.

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