Isaiah 32:16
New International Version
The LORD’s justice will dwell in the desert, his righteousness live in the fertile field.

New Living Translation
Justice will rule in the wilderness and righteousness in the fertile field.

English Standard Version
Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness abide in the fruitful field.

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

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

New King James Version
Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, And righteousness remain in the fruitful field.

New American Standard Bible
Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, And righteousness will remain in the fertile field.

NASB 1995
Then justice will dwell in the wilderness And righteousness will abide in the fertile field.

NASB 1977
Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, And righteousness will abide in the fertile field.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, And righteousness will live in the fruitful orchard.

Amplified Bible
Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, And righteousness will live in the fertile field.

Christian Standard Bible
Then justice will inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the orchard.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then justice will inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the orchard.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And judgment shall dwell in the wilderness and righteousness shall be given in Karmela

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Then judgement shall abide in the wilderness, and righteousness shall dwell in Carmel.

Contemporary English Version
Honesty and justice will prosper there,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and justice shall sit in charmel.

English Revised Version
Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness shall abide in the fruitful field.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then justice will live in the wilderness, and righteousness will be at home in the fertile field.

Good News Translation
Everywhere in the land righteousness and justice will be done.

International Standard Version
"Then justice will live in the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Then justice shall dwell in the wilderness, And righteousness shall abide in the fruitful field.

Literal Standard Version
And judgment has dwelt in the wilderness, | And righteousness remains in the fruitful field.

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

New American Bible
Then judgment will dwell in the wilderness and justice abide in the garden land.

NET Bible
Justice will settle down in the desert and fairness will live in the orchard.

New Revised Standard Version
Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness abide in the fruitful field.

New Heart English Bible
Then justice will dwell in the wilderness; and righteousness will remain in the fruitful field.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

Young's Literal Translation
And dwelt in the wilderness hath judgment, And righteousness in the fruitful field remaineth.

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Context
The Women of Jerusalem
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. 16Then justice will inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field. 17The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever.…

Cross References
Isaiah 28:6
a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and a strength to those who repel the onslaught at the gate.

Isaiah 33:5
The LORD is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.

Isaiah 42:11
Let the desert and its cities raise their voices; let the villages of Kedar cry aloud. Let the people of Sela sing for joy; let them cry out from the mountaintops.

Isaiah 48:18
If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea.

Zechariah 8:3
This is what the LORD says: "I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be called the Holy Mountain."


Treasury of Scripture

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

Isaiah 35:8
And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.

Isaiah 42:4
He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.

Isaiah 56:6-8
Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant; …

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(16) Then judgment shall dwell . . .--Outward blessings, themselves symbols of something beyond themselves, are followed by spiritual. Over the whole country, from the one extreme of cultivation to the other, the judgment and righteousness which had been so lacking should now find a home, and bring their blessed fruits of peace, and confidence, and calm. The whole picture is that of a smiling land, a God-fearing and contented people, all in striking contrast with the panic and unrest with which the people had been but too familiar.

Verse 16. - Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness. In all parts of the kingdom of Christ, the lowest as well as the highest, "judgment" and "righteousness" shall prevail (comp. ver. 1).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Then justice
מִשְׁפָּ֑ט (miš·pāṭ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style

will inhabit
וְשָׁכַ֥ן (wə·šā·ḵan)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7931: To settle down, abide, dwell

the wilderness,
בַּמִּדְבָּ֖ר (bam·miḏ·bār)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech

and righteousness
וּצְדָקָ֖ה (ū·ṣə·ḏā·qāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 6666: Rightness, subjectively, objectively

will dwell
תֵּשֵֽׁב׃ (tê·šêḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

in the fertile field.
בַּכַּרְמֶ֥ל (bak·kar·mel)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3759: A plantation, garden land, fruit, garden growth


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