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“All you wild animals,[a] come and devour—
    even[b] all of you wild animals.[c]
10 His[d] watchmen[e] are blind;
    they are all without knowledge.
They are all dumb dogs—
    they cannot bark.
They keep on dreaming and lying around,
    and they’re lovers of sleep![f]
11 Meanwhile,[g] the dogs have a mighty appetite—
    they can never get enough.
And as for them, they are the shepherds[h] who lack understanding;
    they have all turned to their own way,
each one to his gain,
    each and every one.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 56:9 So 1QIsaa LXX; 1QIsab MT read Every wild animal
  2. Isaiah 56:9 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX lack even
  3. Isaiah 56:9 So 1QIsaa LXX; 1QIsab MT read every wild animal
  4. Isaiah 56:10 I.e. Israel’s; so 1QIsaa MTq
  5. Isaiah 56:10 MT reads His watchman; LXX reads Look! They all
  6. Isaiah 56:10 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads sleeping
  7. Isaiah 56:11 Lit. And
  8. Isaiah 56:11 So 1QIsaa; MT reads shepherds; LXX reads evil