Messiah
shall reign in righteousness: full earthly peace
Then, in chapter 32, the
Messiah should reign in righteousness and set everything
morally in order. Zion would in fact be a wilderness
until the Spirit was poured out from on high, and then it
should become a Carmel; and that which before had passed
for a Carmel should be counted comparatively but a
wilderness. Righteousness should be established
everywhere, and peace, the fruit of righteousness, when
the hail should come down upon the lofty ones who bear no
fruit; and the city, the organisation of human pride,
should be utterly abased. The last verse appears to me to
speak of the blessedness of full earthly peace.
Isaiah 32 Bible Commentary
John Darby’s Synopsis
Then, in chapter 32, the Messiah should reign in righteousness and set everything morally in order. Zion would in fact be a wilderness until the Spirit was poured out from on high, and then it should become a Carmel; and that which before had passed for a Carmel should be counted comparatively but a wilderness. Righteousness should be established everywhere, and peace, the fruit of righteousness, when the hail should come down upon the lofty ones who bear no fruit; and the city, the organisation of human pride, should be utterly abased. The last verse appears to me to speak of the blessedness of full earthly peace.