watchmen

Isaiah 52:8
Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices, together they shout for joy, for every eye will see when the LORD returns to Zion.

Ezekiel 3:17
"Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me.

are blind

Isaiah 29:10
For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep; He has shut your eyes, O prophets, and covered your heads, O seers.

Jeremiah 14:13, 14
"Ah, Lord GOD!" I replied, "Look, the prophets are telling them, 'You will not see the sword or suffer famine, but I will give you lasting peace in this place.'" . . .

Hosea 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.

Hosea 9:7, 8
The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have arrived--let Israel know it. The prophet is called a fool, and the inspired man insane, because of the greatness of your iniquity and hostility. . . .

Matthew 15:14
Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit."

Matthew 23:16-26
Woe to you, blind guides! You say, 'If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.' . . .

Luke 6:39, 40
Jesus also told them a parable: "Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit? . . .

they are all dumb

Isaiah 58:1
"Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a trumpet. Declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins.

Jeremiah 6:13, 14
"For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain. From prophet to priest, all practice deceit. . . .

Jeremiah 23:13, 14
"Among the prophets of Samaria I saw an offensive thing: They prophesied by Baal and led My people Israel astray. . . .

Ezekiel 3:15-18, 26, 27
I came to the exiles at Tel-abib who dwelt by the River Kebar. And for seven days I sat where they sat and remained there among them, overwhelmed. . . .

Ezekiel 13:16
those prophets of Israel who prophesied to Jerusalem and saw a vision of peace for her when there was no peace, declares the Lord GOD."'

Ezekiel 33:6
But if the watchman sees the sword coming and fails to blow the trumpet, so that the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes away a life, then that one is taken away in his iniquity, but I will hold the watchman accountable for his blood.'

Philippians 3:2
Watch out for those dogs, those workers of evil, those mutilators of the flesh!

sleeping.

Proverbs 6:4-10
Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids. . . .

Proverbs 24:30-34
I went past the field of a sluggard and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment. . . .

Jonah 1:2-6
"Arise! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before Me." . . .

Nahum 3:18
O king of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your officers sleep. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them.

Mark 13:34-37
It is like a man going on a journey who left his house, put each servant in charge of his own task, and instructed the doorkeeper to keep watch. . . .