Hebrew · Midrash Rabbah (Hebrew, Torat Emet)
דִּבְרֵי פִי חָכָם חֵן, זֶה כּוֹרֶשׁ מֶלֶךְ פָּרַס, שֶׁאָמַר (עזרא א, ג): מִי בָכֶם מִכָּל עַמּוֹ יְהִי אֱלֹהָיו עִמּוֹ וְיַעַל. שִׂפְתוֹת כְּסִיל תְּבַלְּעֶנּוּ, שֶׁבִּלַּע דְּבָרָיו וְחָזַר בָּם.
English · The Sefaria Midrash Rabbah (2022)
“The words of the mouth of the wise are grace; but the lips of the fool will swallow him” (Ecclesiastes 10:12). “The words of the mouth of the wise are grace” – this is Cyrus, king of Persia, who said: “Any among you from His entire people, may his God be with him, and he may go up [to Jerusalem]” (Ezra 1:3). “But the lips of the fool will swallow him” – as he recanted his words and retracted them.