9 All you beasts of the field , All you beasts in the forest , Come to eat . 10 His watchmen are blind , All of them know nothing . All of them are mute dogs unable e to bark , Dreamers lying down , who love to slumber ; 11 And the dogs are greedy e , they are not satisfied e . And they are shepherds who have no understanding ; They have all turned to their own way , Each one to his unjust gain , to the last one . 12 "Come ," they say, "let us get wine , and let us drink heavily of strong drink ; And tomorrow will be like today e , only more e so."
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Isaiah 56:9-12
Commentary on Isaiah 56:9-12
(Read Isaiah 56:9-12)
Desolating judgments are called for; and this severe rebuke of the rulers and teachers of the Jewish church, is applicable to other ages and places. It is bad with a people when their shepherds slumber, and are eager after the world. Let us pray the Great Shepherd to send us pastors after his own heart, who will feed us with knowledge, that we may rejoice in his holy name, and that believers may be daily added to the church.