Isaiah 56:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Isaiah 56:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

His watchmen - The prophet proceeds to specify the sins which had thus induced God to send the desolating armies of foreign nations. The first is specified in this verse, the apathy, indifference...
Isaiah 56:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

His (k) watchmen [are] blind: they are all ignorant, they [are] all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. (k) He shows that this affliction will come through the faul...
Isaiah 56:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 56:9 to Isaiah 57:2 . A Denunciation of the Rulers of the Community. This oracle seems not to be connected with the preceding, though, it arises out of the same circumstances. Yahweh bid...
Isaiah 56:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

10. Her watchmen are blind. He now assigns the reason why the people must be destroyed. It is because they are governed by wicked princes and pastors; not that he wishes to throw the blame o...
Isaiah 56:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. His watchmen are blind - Kimchi observes, "The flock is intrusted...
Isaiah 56:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

His watchmen— The prophet in these words paints in a lively manner the very corrupt government of the church. The consequence of which, is that deplorable state of the church described in the next...
Isaiah 56:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. His watchmen - Israel's spiritual leaders ( Isaiah 62:6 ; Ez...
Isaiah 56:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Idolatries of Israel It is difficult to determine the date of this section with certainty. Many scholars assign it, with the rest of Isaiah 40-66, to the period of the exile, or to a date afte...
Isaiah 56:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

His watchmen are blind. — These are the guides of the people, and specially the self-styled prophets, who are “blind” to the signs of the times, who are “dumb,” and give no warning to the people of...
Isaiah 56:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXIII THE REKINDLING OF THE CIVIC CONSCIENCE Isaiah 56:9-12 ; Isaiah 57:1-21 ; Isaiah 58:1-14 ; Isaiah 59:1-21 IT was inevitable, as soon as their city was again fairly in sight, th...
Isaiah 56:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Blessedness of Sabbath-Keeping Isaiah 56:1-12 The bright array of Messianic promises, which occupied the preceding Chapter s, is now followed by a portion of less interest, seeing that our...
Isaiah 56:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This division ends with two Chapter s (56 and 57) which set forth certain aspects of the administration of the Kingdom. The first is intended to comfort those who by recent promises of restoration ma...
Isaiah 56:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Who, or what are meant by beasts of the field, and dumb dogs, may not be so easy to determine; but we cannot be at a loss to apprehend the meaning of the word watchmen. The passage is very awful, and...
Isaiah 56:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

His watchmen are blind ,.... A sad character of watchmen; who, of all men, ought to have good sight, to see who is coming, to discover an enemy, to discern approaching danger, and so be capable of g...
Isaiah 56:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

His watchmen [are] blind: they are all ignorant, they [are] all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. Ver. 10. His watchmen are blind; they are all ignorant. ] Inv...
Isaiah 56:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

His Israel's, watchmen are blind The priests, prophets, and other teachers; he mentions only the teachers, because ignorance was most shameful in them; but hereby he supposes the gross ignorance...
Isaiah 56:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

A Charge against the Prophets. B. C. 706. 9 All ye beasts of the field, come to devour...
Isaiah 56:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

His; Israel s, as is evident from the following verses; the pronoun relative being put without and instead of the antecedent; of which I have given divers instances before. Watchmen; priests and...
Isaiah 56:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Present Condition of the Leadership and the People ( Isaiah 56:9-12 ). In total contrast with Yahweh, Who welcomes the righteous whatever their physical status, (but only the righteous), are t...
Isaiah 56:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

WORTHLESS SHEPHERDS Isaiah 56:10-12 . His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, &c. A very sad description is here given of the “watchmen”—the spiritual leaders of Isaiah’s time, evinci...
Isaiah 56:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 56:1 . Keep ye judgment, as a preparation for the Messiah's advent, who is here called, Salvation; and whose righteousness and mercy are the only ground of a sinner's justification, adoptio...
Isaiah 56:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

All ye beasts of the field, come to devour. The defenceless condition the community owing to the incompetence of its spiritual leaders 1. All the wild beasts of the field and the forest are inv...
Isaiah 56:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Isaiah 56:1-23 AN EXHORTATION TO OBSERVE THE LAW , ESPECIALLY THE LAW OF THE SABBATH , COMBINED WITH PROMISES . There was much of the Law which it was...
Isaiah 56:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Neglect of Jehovah's Flock by its Shepherds
Isaiah 56:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 13:16 ; Ezekiel 3:15-18 ; Ezekiel 3:17 ; Ezekiel 3:26 ; Ezekiel 3:27 ; Ezekiel 33:6 ; Hosea 4:6 ; Hosea 9:7 ; Hosea 9:8 ; Isaiah 29:10 ; Isaiah 52:8 ; Isaiah 58:1 ; Jeremiah 14:1...
Isaiah 56:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

His — Israel's. Watchmen — Priests and teachers; he mentions only the teachers, because ignorance was most shameful in them, but hereby he supposes the gross ignorance of the people. Bark — They ar...

Isaiah 56:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 56:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 56:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 56:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 56:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 56:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 56:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 56:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 56:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 56:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 56:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 56:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 56:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 56:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 56:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 56:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 56:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 56:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 56:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 56:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Isaiah 56:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 56:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 56:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 56:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 56:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 56:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes