All you (A)beasts of the field,
All you beasts in the forest,
Come to eat.
10 His (B)watchmen are (C)blind,
All of them know nothing.
All of them are mute dogs unable to bark,
[a]Dreamers lying down, who love to slumber;
11 And the dogs are [b](D)greedy, they [c]are not satisfied.
And they are shepherds who have (E)no understanding;
They have all (F)turned to their own way,
Each one to his unjust gain, to the last one.
12 “Come,” they say, “let [d]us get (G)wine, and let us drink heavily of strong drink;
And (H)tomorrow will be like today, only more so.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 56:10 So DSS; M.T. Ravers
  2. Isaiah 56:11 Lit strong of soul/appetite
  3. Isaiah 56:11 Lit do not know satisfaction
  4. Isaiah 56:12 So DSS and many versions; M.T. me

21 For the shepherds have become stupid
And (A)have not sought the Lord;
Therefore they have not prospered,
And (B)all their flock is scattered.

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“My people have become (A)lost sheep;
(B)Their shepherds have led them astray.
They have made them turn aside on the (C)mountains;
They have gone along from mountain to hill
And have forgotten their (D)resting place.

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