Isaiah 32:5-8 - The fool speaks folly

32:5,6

In a godless society the fool will be called noble. Basically, idiots are treated as if they know something. And the “scoundrel is highly respected”. We can just look at the popular media to see how true these things are of our society. Fools speak folly, but not just folly, their hearts are also bent on evil. Nor do they keep their folly or evil to themselves, they spread it around, infecting others. They claim to be wise, even loving, but they actually do nothing for the poor and needy.

32:7,8

These two verses contrast the ways of the wicked and the noble. The scoundrels use wicked schemes to destroy the poor. This is something we see again and again. There are many financial scams that will predominantly take advantage of the poor. Ingenuity is put into devising schemes that will take money from the poor. But it isn’t just in the arena of finance that this operates. There had been an ongoing attack on marriage for many years, with many social “theories” to back up this attack. Yet it is the poor who have suffered most from the breakdown in marriage. Conversely, the noble make noble plans. These plans will benefit people, and the noble people will be honoured because of it.