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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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GREEDY. strong of soul. Hebrew. _nephesh_ (App-13) =
STRONG OF APPETITE: i.e., as well rendered, "greedy".
EVERY ONE. Hebrew. _'I_. _h_. App-14....
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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...
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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...
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3. DUMB DOGS DENOUNCED
TEXT: Isaiah 56:9-12
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All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the
forest.
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His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all...
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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 (H57...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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וְ הַ כְּלָבִ֣ים עַזֵּי ־נֶ֗פֶשׁ לֹ֤א
יָֽדְעוּ֙ שָׂבְעָ֔ה וְ הֵ֣מָּה
רֹעִ֔ים לֹ֥א יָדְע֖וּ הָבִ֑ין...
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CHAPTER XXIII
THE REKINDLING OF THE CIVIC CONSCIENCE
Isaiah 56:9; Isaiah 57:1; Isaiah 58:1; Isaiah 59:1
IT was inevitable, as soon as their city was again fairly in sight,
that there should re-awake...
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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 atten...
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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...
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_Last. The scribes devour the houses of widows, making long prayers,
Matthew xxiii. 14. They are blind, Matthew xv. 14. (Haydock)_...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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,...
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_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...
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The Neglect of Jehovah's Flock by its Shepherds...
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GREEDY:
_ Heb._ strong of appetite
CAN NEVER HAVE ENOUGH:
_ Heb._ Know not to be satisfied...
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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...
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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...
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Isaiah 56:11 greedy H5794 H5315 dogs H3611 have H3045 (H8804) H3045
(H8804) enough H7654 shepherds H7462 (H8802) understand H995 (H8687)
look H6437 (H8804) way H1870 one H376 gain H1215 territory H709...
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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 leade...
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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...
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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,...
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_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...
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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.
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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...
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EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 56:1
AN EXHORTATION TO OBSERVE THE LAW, ESPECIALLY THE LAW OF THE SABBATH,
COMBINED WITH PROMISES. There was much of the Law which it was
impossible to observe during the Captivity....
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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...
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1 Peter 5:2; 1 Samuel 2:12; 1 Samuel 2:29; 1 Timothy 3:3; 1 Timothy
3:8; 2 Corinthians 4:4; 2 Peter 2:14; 2 Peter 2:15; 2 Peter 2:16; 2
Peter
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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....