Isaiah 32:5

And they shall no more at all tell a fool to rule, and thy servants shall no more at all say, Be silent.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.

In Context

4And the heart of the weak ones shall attend to hear, and the stammering tongues shall soon learn to speak peace.

6For the fool shall speak foolish words, and his heart shall meditate vanities, and to perform lawless deeds and to speak error against the Lord, to scatter hungry souls, and he will cause the thirsty souls to be empty.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 25:25Let not my lord, I pray thee, take to heart this pestilent man, for according to his name, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thy handmaid saw not the servants of my lord whom thou didst send.

Proverbs 23:6Sup not with an envious man, 1 Neither desire thou his meats: 1

Malachi 3:18Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, and between him that serves God, and him that serves him not.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 32:2-9

The Reign of Justice. ( b. c. 726.) 1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment. 2 And a man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. 3 And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken. 4 The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly. 5 The vile… Read the whole commentary →

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