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The Corruption of Israel’s Rulers

⁹ All you wild animals,
   all you wild animals in the forest, come to devour!
¹⁰ Israel’s^* sentinels are blind,
   they are all without knowledge;
they are all silent dogs
   that cannot bark;
dreaming, lying down,
   loving to slumber.
¹¹ The dogs have a mighty appetite;
   they never have enough.
The shepherds also have no understanding;
   they have all turned to their own way,
   to their own gain, one and all.
¹² ‘Come,’ they say, ‘let us^* get wine;
   let us fill ourselves with strong drink.
And tomorrow will be like today,
   great beyond measure.’