Isaiah 56:12 (ASV)

Passage

Come ye, [say they], I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to-morrow shall be as this day, [a day] great beyond measure.

Nearby Context

Isaiah 56:10 His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.

Isaiah 56:11 Yea, the dogs are greedy, they can never have enough; and these are shepherds that cannot understand: they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.

Isaiah 56:12 Come ye, [say they], I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to-morrow shall be as this day, [a day] great beyond measure.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "come", "fetch", "wine", "fill", "ourselves", "strong", "drink", and "to-morrow". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "come" and "fetch", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The prior verse says "Yea the dogs are greedy they can...", giving immediate footing for "come" and "fetch". In Isaiah context, the local focus is the Holy One of Israel, judgment and restoration, the servant of the LORD, and Zion's hope.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "come" and "fetch" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.