🕊️WEB · Isaiah 32:17

What does Isaiah 32:17 mean?

"The work of righteousness will be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever."

— Isaiah 32:17 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

14

For the palace will be forsaken. The populous city will be deserted. The hill and the watchtower will be for dens forever, a delight for wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks;

15

Until the Spirit is poured on us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is considered a forest.

16

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

17

The work of righteousness will be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever.

18

My people will live in a peaceful habitation, in safe dwellings, and in quiet resting places.

19

Though hail flattens the forest, and the city is leveled completely.

20

Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, who send out the feet of the ox and the donkey.

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