Isaiah 56:10
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁמַר
shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
עִוֵּר
ʻivvêr
blind (literally or figuratively)
ἀγνοέω
agnoéō
not to know (through lack of information or intelligence); by implication, to ignore (through disinclination)
כֶּלֶב
keleb
a dog; hence (by euphemism) a male prostitute
יָכֹל
yâkôl
to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
κοιμάω
koimáō
to put to sleep, i.e. (passively or reflexively) to slumber; figuratively, to decease
שֶׁקֶר
sheqer
an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
אַהַב
ʼahab
affection (in a good or a bad sense)
Key Terms in This Verse
κοιμάω koimáō
to put to sleep, i.e. (passively or reflexively) to slumber; figuratively, to decease
Study G2837 →שָׁמַר shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Study H8104 →ἀγνοέω agnoéō
not to know (through lack of information or intelligence); by implication, to ignore (through disinclination)
Study G50 →Cross References
For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.
Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.
Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood ...
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will ...
To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord GOD.
Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them.
Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion.
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