The Lord God saith, which gathereth the scattered of Israel, Yet will I gather to them those that are to be gathered to them.

All ye [a]beasts of the field, come to devour, even all ye beasts of the forest.

10 Their [b]watchmen are all blind: they have no knowledge: they are all dumb dogs: they cannot bark: they lie and sleep, and delight in sleeping.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 56:9 Meaning, the enemies of the Church, as the Babylonians, Assyrians, etc., thus he speaketh to fear the hypocrites and to assure the faithful that when this cometh, they may know it was told them before.
  2. Isaiah 56:10 He showeth that this affliction shall come through the fault of the governors, prophets, and pastors, whose ignorance, negligence, avarice and obstinacy provoked God’s wrath against them.

The Sovereign Lord declares—
    he who gathers the exiles of Israel:
“I will gather(A) still others to them
    besides those already gathered.”

God’s Accusation Against the Wicked

Come, all you beasts of the field,(B)
    come and devour, all you beasts of the forest!
10 Israel’s watchmen(C) are blind,
    they all lack knowledge;(D)
they are all mute dogs,
    they cannot bark;
they lie around and dream,
    they love to sleep.(E)

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