King James Version
Isaiah 56:12 in the King James Version says “Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, ...” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 56 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.”
Isaiah 56:12 · KJV
His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. sleeping: or, dreaming, or, talking in their sleep
Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter. greedy: Heb. strong of appetite can: Heb. know not to be satisfied
Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
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to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“shall be as this day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“and to morrow”
H4279properly, deferred, i.e., the morrow; usually (adverbially) tomorrow; indefinitely, hereafter
“more”
H3499properly, an overhanging, i.e., (by implication) a small rope (as hanging free)
“and much”
H3966properly, vehemence, i.e., (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or
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