Isaiah 56:12

Come ye, say they, I will get yayin, 1 and we will fill ourselves with shechar (strong drink); 1 and makhar (tomorrow) shall be like this day, 1 and gadol yeter me'od (and even much better).

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.

In Context

11Yes, they are kelavim azei nefesh (hungry dogs) never satisfied, 1 and they are ro'im (shepherds) with no da'as; 1 they all look to their own way, + 56:11 See Isa 53:6 1 every one having his end fixated on his own gain. 1

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Cross References

Job 24:23Though it be given him to be in safety, and he be sustained, 1 yet His eynayim are upon their ways. 1

Proverbs 23:35They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not hurt; 1 they have beaten me, and I felt it not. 1 Mosai (when) shall I awake? 1 I will seek yet another drink.

Proverbs 31:4It is not for melachim, O Lemuel, 1 it is not for melachim to drink yayin; 1 nor for rulers to crave strong drink; 1

Isaiah 5:12And the kinnor, and the nevel, the tambourine, and flute, 1 and yayin, are in their mishtehim; 1 but they regard not the Po'al Hashem (the work of Hashem ), 1 neither consider the ma'aseh of His hands. 1

Isaiah 22:13And hinei sasson and simchah, 1 slaughter of bakar and ritual slaughter of tzon, 1 eating basar, and drinking yayin; 1 let us eat and drink; for makhar we shall die. 1

Jeremiah 18:18Then said they, Come and let us devise plans against Yirmeyah; for the torah shall not perish from the kohen, nor etzah from the chacham, nor the davar from the navi. Come, and let us attack him with the lashon, and let us not give heed to any of his devarim. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 56:10-12

A Charge against the Prophets. ( b. c. 706.) 9 All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest. 10 His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. 11 Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter. 12 Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong… Read the whole commentary →

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