THEOSISIsaiah 56:11Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And most impudent dogs, they never had enough: the shepherds themselves knew no understanding: all have turned aside into their own way, every one after his own gain, from the first even to the last.
וְהַכְּלָבִ֣ים עַזֵּי־נֶ֗פֶשׁ לֹ֤א יָֽדְעוּ֙ שָׂבְעָ֔ה וְהֵ֣מָּה רֹעִ֔ים לֹ֥א יָדְע֖וּ הָבִ֑ין כֻּלָּם֙ לְדַרְכָּ֣ם פָּנ֔וּ אִ֥ישׁ לְבִצְע֖וֹ מִקָּצֵֽהוּ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Ezek 34:2Son of man, prophesy concerning the shepherds of Israel: prophesy, and say to the shepherds: Thus saith the Lord God: Woe to the shepherds of Israel, that fed themselves: should not the flocks be fed by the shepherds?
- Ezek 34:3You ate the milk, and you clothed yourselves with the wool, and you killed that which was fat: but my flock you did not feed.
- Ezek 13:19And they violated me among my people, for a handful of barley, and a piece of bread, to kill souls which should not die, and to save souls alive which should not live, telling lies to my people that believe lies.
- Mic 3:11Her princes have judged for bribes: and her priests have taught for hire, and her prophets divined for money: and they leaned upon the Lord, saying: Is not the Lord in the midst of us? no evil shall come among us.
- Isa 1:3The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel hath not known me, and my people hath not understood.
- Titus 1:7For a bishop must be without crime, as the steward of God: not proud, not subject to anger, nor given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre:
- Rev 22:15Without are dogs and sorcerers and unchaste and murderers and servers of idols and every one that loveth and maketh a lie.
- John 8:43Why do you not know my speech? Because you cannot hear my word.