God’s Word Translation
Isaiah 32:18
18My people will live in a peaceful place, in safe homes and quiet places of rest.
Isaiah 32:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
- New International Version (NIV)My people will live in peaceful dwelling places, in secure homes, in undisturbed places of rest.
- English Standard Version (ESV)My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.
- New King James Version (NKJV)My people will dwell in a peaceful habitation, In secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places,
Context of Isaiah 32:18
16Then justice will live in the wilderness, and righteousness will be at home in the fertile field. 17Then an act of righteousness will bring about peace, calm, and safety forever. My people will live in a peaceful place, in safe homes and quiet places of rest. 19The forest will be flattened because of hail, and the city will be completely leveled. 20Blessed are those who plant beside every stream and those who let oxen and donkeys roam freely.
Read all of Isaiah 32Isaiah 32:18 word by word
וְיָשַׁ֥ב עַמִּ֖י בִּנְוֵ֣ה שָׁל֑וֹם וּֽבְמִשְׁכְּנוֹת֙ מִבְטַחִ֔ים וּבִמְנוּחֹ֖ת שַׁאֲנַנּֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And my peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- shall dwellיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
- in a peaceableשָׁלוֹםshâlôm shâlôm · peaceH7965
- habitationנָוֶהnâveh nâvâh · pastureH5116
- and in sureמִבְטָחmibţâch · confidenceH4009
- dwellingsמִשְׁכָּןmishkân · tabernacleH4908
- and in quietשַׁאֲנָןsha'ănân · secureH7600
- resting placesמְנוּחָהmenûchâh menûchâh · restingH4496
Cross-references for Isaiah 32:18
- Isaiah 33:20Look at Zion, the city of our festivals. Your eyes will see Jerusalem as a peaceful place. It is a tent that can’t be moved. Its tent pegs will never be pulled out, and none of its ropes will be broken.
- Isaiah 35:9Lions won’t be there. Wild animals won’t go on it. They won’t be found there. But the people reclaimed ⌞by the Lord⌟ will walk ⌞on it⌟.
- Isaiah 60:17I will bring gold instead of bronze. I will bring silver instead of iron, bronze instead of wood, and iron instead of stone. I will appoint peace as your governor and righteousness as your ruler.
- Jeremiah 23:5“The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will grow a righteous branch for David. He will be a king who will rule wisely. He will do what is fair and right in the land.
- Jeremiah 33:16In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will live securely. Jerusalem will be called The Lord Our Righteousness.
- Ezekiel 34:25“ ‘I will promise them peace. I will remove the wild animals from the land so that my sheep can live safely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.
- Hosea 2:18“On that day I will make an arrangement with the wild animals, the birds, and the animals that crawl on the ground. I will destroy all the bows, swords, and weapons of war, so people can live safely.
- Zechariah 2:5I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the Lord. I will be the glory within it.’
- Hebrews 4:9Therefore, a time of eternal rest exists for God’s people.
- 1 John 4:16We have known and believed that God loves us. God is love. Those who live in God’s love live in God, and God lives in them.
Commentaries on Isaiah 32:18
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation - In cities and towns that would not be alarmed bv internal or external foes. And in sure dwellings - In dwellings that would be secure from invasion. - All this is descriptive of the peaceful times, and the general security which followed the return from Babylon. To this period of happiness and prosperity, Isaiah, as well as the other prophets, often refers.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-20Verses 9-20 When there was so much provocation given to the holy God, bad times might be expected. Alas! how many careless ones there are, who support self-indulgence by shameful niggardliness! We deserve to be deprived of the supports of life, when we make them the food of lusts. Let such tremble and be troubled. Blessed times shall be brought in by the pouring out of the Spirit from on high; then, and not till then, there will be good times. The present…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18Living safely and feeling at peace were blessings of Israel's agreement with the Lord (see Leviticus 26:5–6). However, the people's sins had brought curses instead of blessings (compare Isaiah 32:9–11).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-209-20. Address to the women of Jerusalem who troubled themselves little about the political signs of the times, but lived a life of self-indulgence (Is 3:16-23); the failure of food through the devastations of the enemy is here foretold, being what was most likely to affect them as mothers of families, heretofore accustomed to every luxury. Vitringa understands "women--daughters" as the cities and villages of Judea (Eze 16:1-63). See Am 6:1.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 32
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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