UNRIGHTEOUS LEADERS CONDEMNED

9 All you animals of the field and forest,

come and eat!

10 Israel’sA watchmen* are blind, all of them,

they know nothing;

all of them are mute dogs,

they cannot bark;

they dream, lie down,

and love to sleep.

11 These dogs have fierce appetites;

they never have enough.

And they are shepherds

who have no discernment;

all of them turn to their own way,

every last one for his own profit.k

12 “Come, let me get some wine,

let’s guzzle some beer;

and tomorrow will be like today,

only far better!”l