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The eyes of those who see will not be closed,
and the ears of those who hear will listen.
Hasty hearts[a] will gain understanding,
and stammering tongues will speak clearly.

The fool will no longer be called noble,
nor will rogues be treated like respectable people.[b]
The fool speaks folly,
and his heart plots evil:
to do what is ungodly,
to tell lies about the Lord,
to deny food to the hungry,
and to refuse even one drink for the thirsty.
The rogue’s ways are evil.
He plots evil to ruin the humble with lies,
even when the poor speak with justice.

But the noble man plans noble deeds,
and by noble deeds he stands.

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  1. Isaiah 32:4 Or rash minds
  2. Isaiah 32:5 Or celebrities

And the eyes of those who see will not gaze,[a]
    and the ears of those who hear will listen.
And the minds[b] of the rash will understand knowledge,[c]
    and the tongues[d] of stammerers will hasten to speak clearly.
A fool will no longer be called noble,
    and a scoundrel will not be said to be eminent.
For a fool speaks folly,
    and his mind[e] does iniquity:
to behave wickedly,[f]
    and to speak error concerning Yahweh,
to leave the throat of the hungry empty,
    and he deprives the thirsty of drink.
And a scoundrel, his weapons are evil;
    he plans evil devices
to ruin the poor with words of deception
    even[g] when the speech of the needy is right.
But[h] the nobleman plans noble things,
    and he stands upon noble things.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 32:3 The same consonants with different vowels would be translated “be blinded,” which fits the context better
  2. Isaiah 32:4 Literally “heart”
  3. Isaiah 32:4 Literally “to know”
  4. Isaiah 32:4 Hebrew “tongue”
  5. Isaiah 32:6 Literally “heart”
  6. Isaiah 32:6 Literally “do ungodliness”
  7. Isaiah 32:7 Or “and”
  8. Isaiah 32:8 Or “And”