Isaiah 56:10
Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.
His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
Note sleeping: or, dreaming, or, talking in their sleep
His watchmen are blind. They are all without knowledge. They are all mute dogs. They can’t bark— dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- watchmen
- Isaiah 52:8; Ezekiel 3:17
- are blind
- Isaiah 29:10; Jeremiah 14:13, 14; Hosea 4:6; Hosea 9:7, 8; Matthew 15:14; Matthew 23:16–26; Luke 6:39, 40
- they are all dumb
- Isaiah 58:1; Jeremiah 6:13, 14; Jeremiah 23:13, 14; Ezekiel 3:15–18, 26, 27; Ezekiel 13:16; Ezekiel 33:6; Philippians 3:2
- sleeping
- or, dreaming, or talking in their sleep. loving.
- Proverbs 6:4–10; Proverbs 24:30–34; Jonah 1:2–6; Nahum 3:18; Mark 13:34–37