Isaiah Jude
Isaiah 56:9-12 covers the Cain-Balaam-Korah passage in
the epistle of Jude.
9.1All the animals of the field, come to devour,
9.2yes, all you animals in the forest.
10.1All that are blind can see,
10.2but they do not know;
10.3they are all mute dogs,
10.4they cannot bark;
10.5they see,
10.6but they lie down and slumber.
11.1Yes, they are greedy dogs
11.2that can never have enough,
11.3they are so wicked that they cannot understand;
11.4they have all turned aside to their own way,
11.5each for his own gain and his own advantage.
12.1Come, they say, let us get wine,
12.2and let us fill ourselves with strong drink;
12.3and tomorrow will be like this day,
12.4and much more will be left over for us. Isaiah 56:9-12 (Isaiah 56:9-12 BRB)
Isaiah speaks about greedy dogs
that have turned
aside to their own way, each for his own gain and his own
advantage.
This aligns with Jude's description of men as
"animals" who have gone "in the way of Cain" and run "greedily
after the err of Balaam" and have "perished in the rebellion
of Korah"
(Jude 1:10-11).
Isaiah goes on to say they say, let us get wine, and
let us fill ourselves with strong drink.
Jude refers to
this as a "wasteful feasting life"
(Jude 1:12-13).
Ryan Eaton 2009-07-10 2013-07-09