Isaiah 56:11

וְהַכְּלָבִים עַזֵּי ־ נֶפֶשׁ לֹא יָֽדְעוּ שָׂבְעָה וְהֵמָּה רֹעִים לֹא יָדְעוּ הָבִין כֻּלָּם לְדַרְכָּם פָּנוּ אִישׁ לְבִצְעוֹ מִקָּצֵֽהוּ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

10צפו עִוְרִים כֻּלָּם לֹא יָדָעוּ כֻּלָּם כְּלָבִים אִלְּמִים לֹא יוּכְלוּ לִנְבֹּחַ הֹזִים שֹֽׁכְבִים אֹהֲבֵי לָנֽוּם ׃

12אֵתָיוּ אֶקְחָה ־ יַיִן וְנִסְבְּאָה שֵׁכָר וְהָיָה כָזֶה יוֹם מָחָר גָּדוֹל יֶתֶר מְאֹֽד ׃

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Cross References

Numbers 22:7וַיֵּלְכוּ זִקְנֵי מוֹאָב וְזִקְנֵי מִדְיָן וּקְסָמִים בְּיָדָם וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶל ־ בִּלְעָם וַיְדַבְּרוּ אֵלָיו דִּבְרֵי בָלָֽק ׃

1 Samuel 2:12וּבְנֵי עֵלִי בְּנֵי בְלִיָּעַל לֹא יָדְעוּ אֶת ־ יְהוָֽה ׃

Ecclesiastes 5:10בִּרְבוֹת הַטּוֹבָה רַבּוּ אוֹכְלֶיהָ וּמַה ־ כִּשְׁרוֹן לִבְעָלֶיהָ כִּי אִם ־ ראית עֵינָֽיו ׃

Isaiah 57:17בַּעֲוֺן בִּצְעוֹ קָצַפְתִּי וְאַכֵּהוּ הַסְתֵּר וְאֶקְצֹף וַיֵּלֶךְ שׁוֹבָב בְּדֶרֶךְ לִבּֽוֹ ׃

Jeremiah 22:17כִּי אֵין עֵינֶיךָ וְלִבְּךָ כִּי אִם ־ עַל ־ בִּצְעֶךָ וְעַל דַּֽם ־ הַנָּקִי לִשְׁפּוֹךְ וְעַל ־ הָעֹשֶׁק וְעַל ־ הַמְּרוּצָה לַעֲשֽׂוֹת ׃ ס

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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