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Isaiah 56:11

Michelangelo, The Prophet Isaiah, c. 1509 · Sistine Chapel · Public domainMichelangelo, The Prophet Isaiah, c. 1509, Sistine Chapel

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Isaiah 56:11 (WEB)

Yes, the dogs are greedy. They can never have enough. They are shepherds who can’t understand. They have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.

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  • “The unskilfulness of shepherds is rebuked by the voice of the Truth, when it is said through the prophet, The shepherds themselves have not known understanding (Isai. lvi. 11); whom again the Lord denounces, saying, And they that handle the law knew Me not (Jer. ii. 8).” — the author cites it

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