New English Translation
Isaiah 32:18
18My people will live in peaceful settlements, in secure homes, and in safe, quiet places.
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
16Justice will settle down in the desert and fairness will live in the orchard. 17Fairness will produce peace and result in lasting security. My people will live in peaceful settlements, in secure homes, and in safe, quiet places. 19Even if the forest is destroyed and the city is annihilated, 20you will be blessed, you who plant seed by all the banks of the streams, you who let your ox and donkey graze.
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 where we hold religious festivals! You will see Jerusalem, a peaceful settlement, a tent that stays put; its stakes will never be pulled up; none of its ropes will snap in two.
- Isaiah 35:9No lions will be there, no ferocious wild animals will be on it – they will not be found there. Those delivered from bondage will travel on it,
- Isaiah 60:17Instead of bronze, I will bring you gold, instead of iron, I will bring you silver, instead of wood, I will bring you bronze, instead of stones, I will bring you iron. I will make prosperity your overseer, and vindication your sovereign ruler.
- Jeremiah 23:5“I, the Lord, promise that a new time will certainly come when I will raise up for them a righteous branch, a descendant of David. He will rule over them with wisdom and understanding and will do what is just and right in the land.
- Jeremiah 33:16Under his rule Judah will enjoy safety and Jerusalem will live in security. At that time Jerusalem will be called “The Lord has provided us with justice.”
- Ezekiel 34:25“‘I will make a covenant of peace with them and will rid the land of wild beasts, so that they can live securely in the wilderness and even sleep in the woods.
- Hosea 2:18“At that time I will make a covenant for them with the wild animals, the birds of the air, and the creatures that crawl on the ground. I will abolish the warrior’s bow and sword – that is, every weapon of warfare – from the land, and I will allow them to live securely.”
- Zechariah 2:5But I (the Lord says) will be a wall of fire surrounding Jerusalem and the source of glory in her midst.’”
- Hebrews 4:9Consequently a Sabbath rest remains for the people of God.
- 1 John 4:16And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has in us. God is love, and the one who resides in love resides in God, and God resides in him.
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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