Isaiah 56:12 (DRB)

Passage

Come, let us take wine, and be filled with drunkenness: and it shall be as to day, so also to morrow, and much more.

Nearby Context

Isaiah 56:10 His watchmen are all blind, they are all ignorant: dumb dogs not able to bark, seeing vain things, sleeping and loving dreams.

Isaiah 56:11 And most impudent dogs, they never had enough: the shepherds themselves knew no understanding: all have turned aside into their own way, every one after his own gain, from the first even to the last.

Isaiah 56:12 Come, let us take wine, and be filled with drunkenness: and it shall be as to day, so also to morrow, and much more.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "come", "take", "wine", "filled", "drunkenness", "shall", "morrow", and "much". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "come" and "take", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The prior verse says "And most impudent dogs they never had...", giving immediate footing for "come" and "take". 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 "take" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.