Isaiah 32:6

For the fool will speak folly, 2 and his heart will work vain striving of iniquity, 2 to practice profanity, 2 and to utter error against Adonai, 2 To make empty the soul of the hungry, 2 and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. 1

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In The King James Version

For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

In Context

5The fool will no longer be called noble, 2 nor the scoundrel be highly respected. 1

7The ways of the scoundrel are evil. 2 He devises wicked devices to destroy the humble with lying words, 2 even when the needy speaks of mishpat ·just judgement·. 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 11:24There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. 2 There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty. 1

Isaiah 3:15What do you mean that you crush my people, 2 and grind the face of the poor?” says 'Adonay, Adonai Tzva'ot [Lord, Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies]. 1

Isaiah 59:13being rebellious, breaking away from authority thus breaking relationship and denying Adonai, 2 and turning away from following our God, 2 speaking oppression and revolt, 2 conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood. 1

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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