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Isaiah 32:16

Isaiah 32:16
Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness,.... In the desert part of the world, inhabited by Pagans, Papists, and Mahometans; where the Scriptures, the rule of judgment, and where the Gospel,…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Then judgment shall dwell - Or, justice shall make its appropriate dwelling-place there. In the wilderness - In the place that was a wilderness, but that shall now be turned to a fruitful field. In…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Isaiah 32:9-20

In these verses we have God rising up to judgment against the vile persons, to punish them for their villainy; but at length returning in mercy to the liberal, to reward them for their liberality.

I.…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

"Judgment" and "righteousness," the foundations of social order (ch. Isa 1:21; Isa 1:26 f., Isa 28:17), shall then be established throughout the land. The "wilderness" (i.e. untilled pasture-land) is…