Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Isaiah 56:11
They look — They regard neither God's glory, nor the peoples good, but only the satisfaction of their own base desires. Quarter — In their several stations.
They look — They regard neither God's glory, nor the peoples good, but only the satisfaction of their own base desires. Quarter — In their several stations.
Verse Isaiah 56:11. _GREEDY DOGS_] Insatiably feeding themselves with the fat, and clothing themselves with the wool, while the flock is scattered, ravaged, and starved! O what an abundance of these d...
YEA, THEY ARE GREEDY DOGS - Margin, ‘Strong of appetite.’ Literally, ‘Strong of soul’ (עזי־נפשׁ _‛__azēy_-_nephesh_. Jerome renders it, _Canes impudentissimi_. So the Septuagint, Κύνες ἀναιδεῖς τη...
Chapter s 56:9-57:14 must be read continuously. CHAPTER S 56:9-57:21 The Condition of the Apostate Nation and the two Classes 1. _The condition of the shepherds of Israel (Isaiah 56:9) _ 2. _Apostat...
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 bids the be...
GREEDY. strong of soul. Hebrew. _nephesh_ (App-13) = STRONG OF APPETITE: i.e., as well rendered, "greedy". EVERY ONE. Hebrew. _'I_. _h_. App-14....
Isaiah 56:9 to Isaiah 57:21. A Protest against the Unworthy Shepherds of God's Flock, and the arrogant Heathenism by which it is threatened; followed by a Message of Consolation to True Israelites Th...
The delinquencies of the rulers. The _watchmen_are the spiritual leaders of the community, who in the earlier post-exilic period were the priests and the prophets (see Nehemiah 6:10-14). Elsewhere the...
The first line reads, AND THE DOGS ARE GREEDY (lit. "strong of soul," i.e. appetite), THEY KNOW NOT HOW TO BE SATISFIED. The charge of cupidity and of selling oracles for gain is one frequently brough...
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 sec...
3. DUMB DOGS DENOUNCED TEXT: Isaiah 56:9-12 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 without knowledge; they are all...
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. GREEDY ( `azeey (H579...
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 after th...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S SPECIAL SERVANT ISAIAH CHAPTER S 49 TO 57 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 56 GOD’S PEOPLE WILL INCLUDE ALL NATIONS V1 (This is what the *Lord says to his people...
Rulers were often called ‘*shepherds’, because it was their duty to take care of their people (see 2 Samuel 24:17; 1 Kings 22:17; Ezekiel 34:2) LORD ~ God’s name in the Bible; in the original language...
SHEPHERDS THAT CANNOT UNDERSTAND... — Better, _and such are shepherds; they cannot understand._ There is no confusion or change of metaphors. What is implied is that the prophets who are not fit to be...
וְ הַ כְּלָבִ֣ים עַזֵּי ־נֶ֗פֶשׁ לֹ֤א יָֽדְעו
CHAPTER XXIII THE REKINDLING OF THE CIVIC CONSCIENCE Isaiah 56:9; Isaiah 57:1; Isaiah 58:1; Isaiah 59:1 IT was inevitable, as so
BOOK 4 THE RESTORATION WE have now reached the summit of our prophecy. It has been a long, steep ascent, and we have had very much to seek out on the way, and to extricate and solve and load oursel...
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 attent...
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 mad...
_Last. The scribes devour the houses of widows, making long prayers, Matthew xxiii. 14. They are blind, Matthew xv. 14. (Haydock)_...
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...
11._And those dogs strong of appetite. _The third vice which he remarks in wicked pastors is insatiable avarice. Though they are lazy in all that relates to good government, yet they have a strong and...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 55, 56, AND 57. Chapter s 55, 56, 57 are exhortations given in view of these things. Chapter 55 is full free grace, which consequently embraces the Gentiles....
YEA, THEY [ARE] GREEDY DOGS,.... Or "strong of soul" y; of great appetites, and are never satisfied: or "strong of body"; the soul is sometimes put for the body; large bodied, fat bellied men, such as...
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. Ver. 11. _Yea,...
_Yea, they are greedy dogs_ Insatiably covetous: _shepherds that cannot understand_ Hebrew, _that know not to understand;_ that do not care, or love, or desire either to understand the word of God the...
Yea, they are greedy dogs, which can never have enough, the covetousness of false prophets having become proverbial, AND THEY ARE SHEPHERDS THAT CANNOT UNDERSTAND, that is, they want to be shepherds,...
The Neglect of Jehovah's Flock by its Shepherds...
GREEDY: _ Heb._ strong of appetite CAN NEVER HAVE ENOUGH: _ Heb._ Know not to be satisfied...
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 s...
GREEDY DOGS WHICH CAN NEVER HAVE ENOUGH; insatiably covetous. THAT CANNOT UNDERSTAND, Heb. _that know not to understand_; that do not care, or love, or desire (as _knowing_ is frequently taken) either...
Isaiah 56:11 greedy H5794 H5315 dogs H3611 have H3045 (H8804) H3045 (H8804) enough H7654 shepherds...
THE PRESENT CONDITION OF THE LEADERSHIP AND THE PEOPLE (ISAIAH 56:9). In total contrast with Yahweh, Who welcomes the righteous whatever their physical status, (but only the righteous), are the leader...
CONTENTS: Solemn instruction given to all to make conscience of duty. Charge against the careless and unfaithful. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The more assurance God gives us of the performance of H...
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, adoption,...
_His watchmen are blind._ - THE OLD HEBREW PULPIT A BEACON TO MODERN PREACHERS (with Jeremiah 8:11):-- I. THE OLD HEBREW PULPIT AT THIS TIME WAS IGNORANT. The “watchmen” are said to be “blind” and...
_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 invite...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 56:1 How to Prepare for the Coming Glory: “Hold Fast My Covenant.” Isaiah helps readers know how to be God’s servants who will live with him forever....
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 56:9 Selfishly complacent leaders, morally lax people, and idol-worshiping hypocrites have no place in God’s kingdom. ⇐...
WORTHLESS SHEPHERDS Isaiah 56:10. _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, evincing a state...
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 56:1 AN EXHORTATION TO OBSERVE THE LAW, ESPECIALLY THE LAW OF THE SABBATH, COMBINED WITH PROMISES
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Isaiah 56:1-12. In Isaiah 55:1-13 the Lord speaks of this glorious everlasting salvation and the glories of His greatness, His power. "As the heavens are higher than...
1 Peter 5:2; 1 Samuel 2:12; 1 Samuel 2:29; 1 Timothy 3:3; 1 Timothy 3:8