Isaiah 32 · Verse 18

Isaiah 32:18

And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
Isaiah 32:18, King James Version

Isaiah 32:18 in other translations

BSBThen my people will dwell in a peaceful place, in safe and secure places of rest.
WEBMy people will live in a peaceful habitation, in safe dwellings, and in quiet resting places,
ASVAnd my people shall abide in a peaceable habitation, and in safe dwellings, and in quiet resting-places.
YLTAnd dwelt hath My people in a peaceful habitation, And in stedfast tabernacles, And in quiet resting-places.
DARBYAnd my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting-places.
BBEAnd my people will be living in peace, in houses where there is no fear, and in quiet resting-places.
WebsterAnd my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting-places;

What does Isaiah 32:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 32:9-20

9-20. Address to the women of Jerusalem who troubled themselves little about the political signs of the times, but lived a life of self-indulgence (Is 3:16-23); the failure of food through the devastations of the enemy is here foretold, being what was most likely to affect them as mothers of families, heretofore accustomed to every luxury. Vitringa understands "women--daughters" as the cities and villages of Judea…

Read the full comment on Isaiah 32:9-20 →

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 32:9-20

When there was so much provocation given to the holy God, bad times might be expected. Alas! how many careless ones there are, who support self-indulgence by shameful niggardliness! We deserve to be deprived of the supports of life, when we make them the food of lusts. Let such tremble and be troubled. Blessed times shall be brought in by the pouring out of the Spirit from on high; then, and not till then, there…

Read the full comment on Isaiah 32:9-20 →

Isaiah 32:18 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְיָשַׁ֥בve.ya.Shavand it will dwellH3427
עַמִּ֖י'a.Mipeople myH5971
בִּנְוֵ֣הbin.Vehin a habitation ofH5116
שָׁל֑וֹםsha.LompeaceH7965
וּֽבְמִשְׁכְּנוֹת֙u.ve.mish.ke.nOtand in dwelling places ofH4908
מִבְטַחִ֔יםmiv.ta.ChimsecurityH4009
וּבִמְנוּחֹ֖תu.vim.nu.Chotand in resting placesH4496
שַׁאֲנַנּֽוֹת\׃sha.'a.na.NotundisturbedH7600

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 32:18

  • Zechariah 2:5

    For I, saith the Lord, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.

  • Hosea 2:18-23

    And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely. And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the Lord. And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the Lord, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth; …

  • Jeremiah 33:16

    In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The Lord our righteousness.

  • Ezekiel 34:25-26

    And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods. And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.

  • Isaiah 35:9-10

    No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there: And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

  • Isaiah 33:20-22

    Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken. But there the glorious Lord will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby. For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; he will save us.

  • Jeremiah 23:5-6

    Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

  • 1 John 4:16

    And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

  • Hebrews 4:9

    There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.

  • Isaiah 60:17-18

    For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness. Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.

  • Zechariah 2:8

    For thus saith the Lord of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.

Ranked by reader votes · OpenBible.info cross references (CC BY).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
33:20-22; 35:9,10; 60:17,18; Jer 23:5,6; 33:16; Eze 34:25,26
Ho 2:18-23; Zec 2:5,8; Heb 4:9; 1Jo 4:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Isaiah 32:17

    And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.

  • Isaiah 32:18

    And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;

  • Isaiah 32:19

    When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.

Read all of Isaiah 32

Isaiah 32:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y mi pueblo habitará en morada de paz, y en habitaciones seguras, y en recreos de reposo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et mon peuple habitera une demeure de paix et des habitations sûres, et des lieux de repos tranquilles.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und mein Volk wird wohnen an einer Wohnstätte des Friedens und in sicheren Wohnungen und an stillen Ruhestätten. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et sedebit populus meus in pulchritudine pacis, et in tabernaculis fiduciæ, et in requie opulenta.