Isaiah 32:7

5 The foolish person will no longer be called¹ generous,
Nor the miser said to be bountiful;

6 For the foolish person will speak foolishness,
And his heart will work ^ainiquity:
To practice ungodliness,
To utter error against the Lord,
To keep the hungry unsatisfied,
And he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

7 Also the schemes of the schemer are evil;
He devises wicked plans
To destroy the poor with ^alying words,
Even when the needy speaks justice.

8 But a¹ generous man devises generous things,
And by generosity he shall stand.

Consequences of Complacency

9 Rise up, you women ^awho are at ease,
Hear my voice;
You complacent daughters,
Give ear to my speech.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Isaiah 32:7

The instruments also of the churl are evil "As for the niggard, his instruments are evil" - His machinations, his designs. The paronomasia, which the prophet frequently deals in, suggested this expression vechelai kelaiv . The first word is expressed with some variety in the MSS. Seven MSS. read vekili , one vechol , another vecoli .

To destroy the poor with lying words "To defeat the assertions of the poor in judgment" - A word seems to have been lost here, and two others to have suffered a small alteration, which has made the sentence very obscure. The Septuagint have happily retained the rendering of the lost word, and restored the sentence in all its parts: · ulehapher dibrey ebyon bemishpat , "And disperse the words of the poor in judgment. "They frequently render the verb haphar by , A MS. reads uledabber , which gives authority for the preposition lamed , to, necessary to the sense, and the Septuagint, Syriac, and Chaldee read bemishpat , In judgment.

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