Yesaya 32:16-18

32:16 Justice will settle down in the desert

and fairness will live in the orchard. ¹ 

32:17 Fairness will produce peace ² 

and result in lasting security. ³ 

32:18 My people will live in peaceful settlements,

in secure homes,

and in safe, quiet places. ⁴ 

Yesaya 32:20

32:20 you will be blessed,

you who plant seed by all the banks of the streams, ⁵ 

you who let your ox and donkey graze. ⁶ 

[32:16]  ¹ sn This new era of divine blessing will also include a moral/ethical transformation, as justice and fairness fill the land and replace the social injustice so prevalent in Isaiah’s time.

[32:17]  ² tn Heb “and the product of fairness will be peace.”

[32:17]  ³ tn Heb “and the work of fairness [will be] calmness and security forever.”

[32:18]  ⁴ tn Or “in safe resting places”; NAB, NRSV “quiet resting places.”

[32:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “by all the waters.”

[32:20]  ⁶ tn Heb “who set free the foot of the ox and donkey”; NIV “letting your cattle and donkeys range free.”

[32:20]  sn This verse seems to anticipate a time when fertile land is available to cultivate and crops are so abundant that the farm animals can be allowed to graze freely.