Isaiah 56:10

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Israel’s  watchmen  are blind, all of them, they know nothing; all of them are mute dogs, they cannot bark; they dream, lie down, and love to sleep.

Cross References

Philippians 3:2

Watch out for the dogs, watch out for the evil  workers, watch out for those who mutilate the flesh.

Isaiah 29:10

For the Lord has poured out on you an overwhelming urge to   sleep; he has shut your eyes (the prophets) and covered your heads (the seers).

Matthew 15:14

Leave them alone! They are blind guides.   And if the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.’

Nahum 3:18

King of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your officers sleep. Your people are scattered across the mountains with no one to gather them together.

Ezekiel 33:6

However, suppose the watchman sees the sword coming but doesn’t blow the ram’s horn, so that the people aren’t warned, and the sword comes and takes away their lives. Then they have been taken away because of their iniquity, but I will hold the watchman accountable for their blood.”

Isaiah 58:1

‘Cry out loudly, don’t hold back! Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. Tell my people their transgression and the house of Jacob their sins.

Hosea 4:6

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will reject you  from serving as my priest. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your sons.

Ezekiel 13:16

those prophets of Israel who prophesied to Jerusalem and saw a vision of peace for her when there was no peace.’  This is the declaration of the Lord God.”

Isaiah 52:8

The voices of your watchmen   – they lift up their voices, shouting for joy together; for every eye will see when the Lord returns to Zion.

Isaiah 29:9

Stop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be blind! They are drunk,  but not with wine; they stagger,  but not with beer.

Lamentations 4:14

Blind, they stumbled in the streets, defiled by this blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments.

2 Kings 12:6

But by the twenty-third year  of the reign of King Joash, the priests had not repaired the damage  to the temple.