Isaiah 56:10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.

Are blind

Luke 6:39

They are all dumb

Philippians 3:2

Loving

Mark 13:34

General references

Deuteronomy 27:18

Bible References

Are blind

For the LORD shall give you a hard-sleeping spirit, and close your eyes. Your Prophets also, and heads which should see; them shall he cover.

Then answered I, "O LORD God, the prophets say unto them, 'Tush, ye shall see no sword, and no hunger shall come upon you, but the LORD shall give you continual rest in this place.'"

My people perish, because they have no knowledge. Seeing then that thou hast refused understanding, therefore will I refuse thee also: so that thou shalt no more be my priest. And forsomuch as thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

Be ye sure, O Israel: the time of visitation is come, the days of recompensing are at hand. As for the prophet, ye hold him for a fool; and him that is rich in the spirit, for a mad man: so great is your wickedness and malice.

Let them alone, they be the blind leaders of the blind. If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch."

Woe be unto you, blind guides, for ye which say, 'Whosoever swear by the temple, it is nothing: but whosoever swear by the gold of the temple, he offendeth.'

And he put forth a similitude unto them, "Can the blind lead the blind? Do they not both then fall into the ditch?

They are all dumb

Cry with the throat and spare not. Lift up thy voice as a trumpet, and tell my people their offences and the house of Jacob their sins.

"For from the least unto the most, they hang all upon covetousness: and from the prophet unto the priest, they go all about with falsity and lies.

I have seen folly among the Prophets of Samaria, that they preached for Baal, and deceived my people of Israel.

And so in the beginning of the Month Abib, I came to the prisoners that dwelt by the water of Chebar and remained in that place, where they were: And so continued I among them seven days, being very sorry.

These are the prophets of Israel, which prophesy unto the city of Jerusalem, and look out visions of peace for them, whereas no peace is, sayeth the LORD God.'

Again, if the watchman see the sword come, and show it not with the trumpet, so that the people is not warned: if the sword come then, and take any man from among them: the same shall be taken away in his own sin, but his blood will I require of the watchman's hand.'

Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers. Beware of dissension:

Loving

let not thine eyes sleep, nor thine eyelids slumber.

I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyards of the foolish man.

"Rise and get thee to Nineveh that great city and preach unto them, how that their wickedness is come up before me."

Thy shepherds are asleep, O king of Assyria, thy worthies are laid down: thy people is scattered abroad upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them together again.

As a man which is gone into a strange country and hath left his house, and given authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.

General references

'Cursed be he that maketh the blind go out of his way.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'