Isaiah 32

God isn't blind but He's always just.

When I first looked at this chapter I thought it was strange between verses 18 and 20 that there is a verse on the destruction of the forest and the city. How does God bringing good to His people mean that the forest and the city are destroyed? On deeper examination of these verses, showed that the forest and the city are a reference to the enemies of God's people. This clears things up because a people aren't truly secure and at peace if their enemies are standing over them, as it were, ready to pounce.  

We see this in God's final judgment. The righteous are rewarded and the wicked are punished. Some have asked why does God have to punish the wicked? The reason is God would not be just if he allowed the wicked to get away with it. It would be like a rich person trying to buy off the wrongdoing of their child and we wouldn't call that justice. God is just and every wicked/sinful deed will be paid for. For Christians, they are paid by Christ and by death to their sinful selfish nature. 

Justice doesn't always come when we want it to but it will come and for those who serve God, it will bring peace. 

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