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Isa 56:10 — His watchmen [are] blind: they are all ignorant, they [are] all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

watchmen		Isa 52:8; Eze 3:17
are blind		Isa 29:10; Jer 14:13,14; Hsa 4:6; Hsa 9:7,8; Mat 15:14; Mat 23:16-26; Luk 6:39,40
they are all dumb		Isa 58:1; Jer 6:13,14; Jer 23:13,14; Eze 3:15-18,26,27; Eze 13:16; Eze 33:6; Phl 3:2
sleeping		or, dreaming, or talking in their sleep
loving		Pro 6:4-10; Pro 24:30-34; Jon 1:2-6; Nah 3:18; Mar 13:34-37

Correlating Passages

watchmen

	Isa 52:8	Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion.
	Eze 3:17	Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.

are blind

	Isa 29:10	For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.
	Jer 14:13	Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.
	Jer 14:14	Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.
	Hsa 4:6	My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
	Hsa 9:7	The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know [it]: the prophet [is] a fool, the spiritual man [is] mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.
	Hsa 9:8	The watchman of Ephraim [was] with my God: [but] the prophet [is] a snare of a fowler in all his ways, [and] hatred in the house of his God.
	Mat 15:14	Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
	Mat 23:16	Woe unto you, [ye] blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
	Mat 23:17	[Ye] fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
	Mat 23:18	And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.
	Mat 23:19	[Ye] fools and blind: for whether [is] greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
	Mat 23:20	Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.
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	Luk 6:39	And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?
	Luk 6:40	The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.

they are all dumb

	Isa 58:1	Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
	Jer 6:13	For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one [is] given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
	Jer 6:14	They have healed also the hurt [of the daughter] of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when [there is] no peace.
	Jer 23:13	And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
	Jer 23:14	I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.
	Eze 3:15	Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days.
	Eze 3:16	And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
	Eze 3:17	Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
	Eze 3:18	When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked [man] shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
	Eze 3:26	And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they [are] a rebellious house.
	Eze 3:27	But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they [are] a rebellious house.
	Eze 13:16	[To wit], the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace for her, and [there is] no peace, saith the Lord GOD.
	Eze 33:6	But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take [any] person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.
	Phl 3:2	Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.

loving

	Pro 6:4	Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
	Pro 6:5	Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
	Pro 6:6	Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
	Pro 6:7	Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
	Pro 6:8	Provideth her meat in the summer, [and] gathereth her food in the harvest.
	Pro 6:9	How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
	Pro 6:10	[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
	Pro 24:30	I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
	Pro 24:31	And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, [and] nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
	Pro 24:32	Then I saw, [and] considered [it] well: I looked upon [it, and] received instruction.
	Pro 24:33	[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
	Pro 24:34	So shall thy poverty come [as] one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
	Jon 1:2	Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
	Jon 1:3	But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.
	Jon 1:4	But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.
	Jon 1:5	Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that [were] in the ship into the sea, to lighten [it] of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.
	Jon 1:6	So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.
	Nah 3:18	Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell [in the dust]: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth [them].
	Mar 13:34	[For the Son of man is] as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
	Mar 13:35	Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
	Mar 13:36	Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
	Mar 13:37	And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.

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Scott, Thomas. "Isaiah 56:10," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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