Isaiah 32:6

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
person	נָבָל֙ na.Val	H5036	stupid · adjective, masculine singular absolute
speak	יְדַבֵּ֔ר ye.da.Ber	H1696	perhaps properly · verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
villany	נְבָלָ֣ה ne.va.Lah	H5039	foolishness · noun, common feminine singular absolute
heart	וְלִבּ֖וֹ ve.li.Bo	H3820	the heart · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
work	יַעֲשֶׂה ya.'a.seh-	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
iniquity	אָ֑וֶן 'A.ven	H205	strictly nothingness · noun, common masculine singular absolute
practise	לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת la.'a.Sot	H6213	to do or make · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
hypocrisy	חֹ֗נֶף Cho.nef	H2612	moral filth · noun, common masculine singular absolute
utter	וּלְדַבֵּ֤ר u.le.da.Ber	H1696	perhaps properly · conjunction + preposition + verb, piel infinitive construct
error	תּוֹעָ֔ה to.'Ah	H8442	mistake · noun, common feminine singular absolute
LORD	יְהוָה֙ Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
empty	לְהָרִיק֙ le.ha.Rik	H7324	to pour out (literally or figuratively) · preposition + verb, hiphil infinitive construct
soul	נֶ֣פֶשׁ Ne.fesh	H5315	properly · noun, common feminine singular construct
hungry	רָעֵ֔ב ra.'Ev	H7457	hungry (more or less intensely) · adjective, masculine singular absolute
drink	וּמַשְׁקֶ֥ה u.mash.Keh	H4945	properly · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
thirsty	צָמֵ֖א tza.Me'	H6771	thirsty (literally or figuratively) · adjective, masculine singular absolute
fail	יַחְסִֽיר yach.Sir	H2637	to lack · verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Matthew 15:19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
1 Samuel 24:13 As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
Proverbs 11:24-26 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
Isaiah 3:15 What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
Matthew 23:13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neit…
Acts 5:3-4 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
Acts 8:21-22 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.
1 Samuel 25:10-11 And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 32:1-8

We have here the description of a flourishing kingdom. "Blessed art thou, O land! when it is thus with thee, when kings, princes, and people, are in their places such as they should be." It may be taken as a directory both to magistrates and subjects, what both ought to do, or as a panegyric to Hezekiah, who ruled well and saw something of the happy effects of his good government, and it was designed to make the people sensible how happy they were under his administration and how careful they should be to improve the advantages of it, and withal to direct them to look for the kingdom of Christ, and the times of reformation which that kingdom should introduce. It is here promised and prescrib…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 32:6

vile . . . villainy--rather, "the (irreligious) fool . . . (his) folly." will speak--rather, "present"; for (so far is the "fool" from deserving the epithet "noble-minded") the fool "speaketh" folly and "worketh," &c. hypocrisy--rather, "profligacy" [HORSLEY]. error--impiety, perverse arguments. hungry--spiritually (Mat 5:6).

John Gill on Isaiah 32:6

For the vile person will speak villainy,.... Or, "a fool will utter folly" (g); a man that has no understanding of Gospel truths himself can not deliver them to others; he will only speak foolish things, concerning the purity of human nature, the power of man's free will, the sufficiency of his own righteousness to justify him, and the merits of good works, and the like; and therefore such a man is a very improper one to be a guide and governor in the church of God: and his heart will work iniquity; forge and devise it within himself; will form schemes of false doctrine, discipline, and worship, disagreeable to the word of God: to practise hypocrisy; to make men believe he is a very devout…

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John Calvin on Isaiah 32:6

For the vile person will speak vileness. We might also render it, "The wicked man will speak wickedly;" for nvlh (nEbalah) denotes "baseness" or any wickedness, such as is meant by the French word laschet?, or by the English words, "lewdness" or "baseness." It might also be rendered, "The fool will speak wickedly;" and thus there would be an allusion to the words nvl (nabal) and nvlh, (nEbalah,) [333] though the meaning would be considerably different; but, since he employed this word in the former verse, when speaking of "vile" persons, I willingly adopt that interpretation. And his heart will contrive iniquity. I consider 'vn (avEn) to denote "wickedness;" for he speaks of giving themselv…

The Church Fathers

And they [our opponents] even joined in censuring us, as if we thought the opposite to the things that we have already written. But I learn that they say this also, namely, that recently we have accepted a doctrinal statement, or a new creed, perhaps, I suppose, because we lightly esteem the ancient and august one. "The fool will say foolish things, and his heart will think nonsense." However, we say this, that no individuals have demanded an explanation from us, nor have we accepted one newly coined by others. For the divinely inspired Scripture and the vigilance of our holy Fathers and the creed formulated by those who are in every way orthodox are sufficient for us.
— Cyril of Alexandria, LETTER 40:7

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Dictionary and topics

Hypocrisy · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Hypocrites · Described as: Vile — Described as: Vile
Malice · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Speaking · EVIL — EVIL

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Isaiah 32:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 32:1-8

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 32:6

John Gill on Isaiah 32:6

John Calvin on Isaiah 32:6

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Isaiah 32:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 32:1-8

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 32:6

John Gill on Isaiah 32:6

John Calvin on Isaiah 32:6

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Isaiah 32:5-8

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Isaiah 32:6

Rashi on Isaiah 32:6