They are all ignorant;
bThey are all dumb dogs,
They cannot bark;
1Sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
Which bnever have enough.
And they are shepherds
Who cannot understand;
They all look to their own way,
Every one for his own gain,
From his own territory.
And we will fill ourselves with intoxicating adrink;
bTomorrow will be cas today,
And much more abundant.”
| << Isaiah 56:11 | Isaiah 57:1 >> |
Isaiah 56:12
I will fetch wine "Let us provide wine" - For ekchah , first person singular, an ancient MS. has nikchah , first person plural; and another ancient MS. has ak upon a rasure. So the Syriac, Chaldee, and Vulgate render it. The spirit of this Epicurean sentiment is this: Let us indulge ourselves in the present time to the utmost, and instead of any gloomy forebodings of the future, let us expect nothing but increasing hilarity for every day we shall live. Thus they,
"Counting on long years of pleasure here,
Are quite unfurnished for the world to come."
| << Isaiah 56:11 | Isaiah 57:1 >> |
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