Isaiah 32:1-10
Isa 32:1
Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes
shall rule in judgment.
This verse points to the Lord Jesus Christ as ruler of
this world as he rules over all his saints, those that have been redeemed.
And they sing the song of Moses
the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous
are thy works, Lord God
Almighty; just and true are thy
ways, thou King of saints. (Revelation 15:3)
This verse is in contrast to the fallible kings which rule in Judah
including Hezekiah at this time.
Christ is the King of saints but he is also King of kings and has the rule over
Hezekiah. The princes which will
rule in judgment will be the true believers.
The name “Israel” means “Prince with God.”
When people become saved they are the Princes and Princesses of God.
And hath made us kings and priests
unto God and his Father; to him be
glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. (Revelation 1:6)
The true believer has been made a king and priest and this is where the
believer rules.
Isa 32:2
And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and
a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a
great rock in a weary land.
Then the description of Christ and the true gospel
continues. Christ shall be like a
hiding place from the wind.
And they came to him, and awoke him,
saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the
raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm. (Luke 8:24)
Especially when the winds of adversity blow on someone, Christ shall be
their hiding place.
Thou
art my hiding place and my
shield: I hope in thy word. (Psalm 119:114)
Then Christ will be the covert which is a place of protection from the
tempest which is a great storm, especially the storms of life.
I would hasten my escape from the
windy storm and tempest. (Psalm
55:8) Then when we run on dry
in this life we will be refreshed with the rivers of living water.
The woman saith unto him, Sir,
thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou
that living water? (John 4:11)
Then we shall seek refuge in the rock of our salvation.
O come, let us sing unto the LORD:
let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. (Psalm 95:1)
The weary land may also be understood as a dry or thirsty land.
O God, thou
art my God; early will I seek
thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty
land, where no water is; (Psalm 63:1)
Isa 32:3
And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the
ears of them that hear shall hearken.
Then two of the characteristics of the true believer in
Christ is that we have our spiritual sight and can see beyond earth’s horizons
by faith.
The eyes of your understanding being
enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the
riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, (Ephesians 1:18)
Then we can also hear and discern properly what we hear and we hear with
understanding.
He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
(Matthew 11:15) These are not
just speaking of physical hearing but is speaking of having spiritual ears to
understand the spiritual things as the Holy Spirit gives us understanding.
Isa 32:4
The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge,
and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.
The person who is rash which is understood as “impulsive
or one who acts hastily” without knowledge will now possess a calm spirit
allowing them to gather information so they will not plow headlong into an
impulsive matter. They will have a
spirit of calmness. Then those who
stammer or stutter will be able to speak plainly.
It also refers to the person who before salvation that spoke wrongly of
the LORD not understanding his ways but now will have better understanding and
will speak plainly about the things of God.
It is the difference between a person before and after salvation.
Isa 32:5
The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the
churl said to be bountiful.
Here we have two descriptions which are totally opposite
of what they are. This is what the
world does as they bring glory to people who do not deserve such recognition.
In other words, truth will prevail and no longer will the true believer
look at only the outward lives of these people but will take all the facts into
consideration. The vile person
behind the scenes is touted as being a liberal or altruistic person in public.
It is like a ruler of the people being called a great selfless person
when in reality behind the scenes is working only to enrich himself not caring
who he hurts in the process. Then
the churlish person which means a miser or one that withholds behind the scenes
that may make a donation which would only further his own interests.
The churlish person can also be an impolite or a very rude person.
Isa 32:6
For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart
will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD,
to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty
to fail.
Here is the true nature of the two people named in verse
5. The vile person which is a
wicked or foolish man will speak villany which is wicked or foolish speech.
His heart will always be bent toward working iniquity.
For they sleep not, except they
have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause
some to fall. (Proverbs 4:16)
They practice the art of hypocrisy, as they say one thing and do another
like a politician. They bring false
accusations against the LORD and they twist his word and make it say what it
does not mean to say like the false preachers do to fill their own pockets.
Vile or false preachers will teach a false gospel and those who come to
hear will go away the same way they came in, empty.
Their souls will still remain hungry because they did not get the truth
of the gospel which would satisfy their souls.
Then those who thirst for righteousness will receive a false type of
righteousness which would be something like give $1000 and God will bless you.
They go away thinking their donation is from a righteous motive but was
from a con-artist seeking their money and replacing it with false hope.
Isa 32:7
The instruments also of the churl are evil: he
deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the
needy speaketh right.
The instruments of the churlish man are evil counsel,
practices and motives. He never
does what is right for others but only for himself.
He creates wicked devices to destroy the poor which could be high taxes
which destroys the economy of households of the poor and maybe their small
businesses while convincing them it is needed for stability in government.
He may be a private land owner who makes his tenants pay exorbitant rents
which devastate their personal economies.
Whenever those who are victims of the churlish man respond in truthful
words, he creates more lies to justify his own evil ways.
Then in the spiritual realm, those who bring a false gospel impoverish
the spiritually poor even when they bring a challenge to the person who is
bringing the false gospel.
Isa 32:8
But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal
things shall he stand.
The true liberal is the one who is very generous and is
willing to help others is always looking for an opportunity to help those who
are truly in need. They will be
very careful to devise a giving program that will be received by those who truly
have need. By his generosity he
shall be established by reputation and true deeds.
In the times we live in, many form organizations as non-profits and then
take salaries from that organization in the hundreds of thousands.
One example is the ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals) they are always advertising on TV for people to donate and the CEO
as of 12/18 makes $712,397 which is a weekly salary of $13,700.
Non-profit Huh?
Isa 32:9
Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye
careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.
Then the prophet not only addresses the men who devise
such evil plots, but the women are to pay attention also.
They are at ease because many of them were married to those who brought
in the big money which they benefited from and here God is warning them not to
be at ease, that is, not to be happy when the money is coming in from an evil
deal or at the expense of someone’s pain.
They were also called careless because they were happy with jewels and
expensive living which were taken from others.
They should be caring about these things and be the conscience of their
husbands because they cannot live like this and expect God to overlook those
things especially with enemies like the Assyrians and Babylonians who had their
eyes upon them. Not only the men
are responsible for their behavior but also the women and their children will
pay the price for this careless living.
The prophet is warning them that they need to hear and heed his warnings.
Sometimes women take these messages more seriously than men.
Isa 32:10
Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless
women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.