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Isaiah 56:10

Isaiah 56:10

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watchmen: Isaiah 52:8; Ezekiel 3:17

are blind: Isaiah 29:10; Jeremiah 14:13-14; Hosea 4:6, Hosea 9:7-8; Matthew 15:14, Matthew 23:16-26; Luke 6:39-40

they are all dumb: Isaiah 58:1; Jeremiah 6:13-14, Jeremiah 23:13-14; Ezekiel 3:15-18, Ezekiel 3:26-27, Ezekiel 13:16, Ezekiel 33:6; Philippians 3:2

sleeping: or, dreaming, or talking in their sleep

loving: Proverbs 6:4-10, Proverbs 24:30-34; Jonah 1:2-6; Nahum 3:18; Mark 13:34-37

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