Isaiah 56:11

"His watchmen are blind. They are all without knowledge. They are all mute dogs. They can’t bark— dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber."

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From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Yea, they are greedy dogs -Margin, ‘Strong of appetite.’ Literally, ‘Strong of soul’ (עזי־נפשׁ‛azēy-nephesh. Jerome renders it,Canes impudentissimi. So the Septuagint,Κύνες ἀναιδεῖς τῇ ψυχῇKunesanaideistēpsuchē- ‘Dogs impudent in soul.’ They were greedy and insatiable in that which the soul or the appetite demands. The idea here is, that the prophets to whom reference is here made were sensual, and disposed to gorge themselves; living only for carnal indulgence, insensible to the rights of others, and never satisfied.

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