Isaiah 56:9
7 I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”
8 Thus declares the Lord GOD, who gathers the dispersed of Israel: “I will gather to them still others besides those already gathered.”
Come, all you beasts of the field; eat greedily, all you beasts of the forest.
10 Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.
11 Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain:
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Come, all you beasts of the field; eat greedily, all you beasts of the forest.
- KJV
- All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest.
- WEB
- All you animals of the field, come to devour, all you animals in the forest.
- ASV
- All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, [yea], all ye beasts in the forest.
- DARBY
- All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, all ye beasts in the forest.
- BLB
- Every beast [of] the field, come to devour—every beast in the forest!
- ÅB
- Alle dere markens dyr, kom og et, alle dere dyr i skogen!
- OTB
- Kom, alle dere ville skapninger på marken, kom og fortær, alle dere skapninger i skogen!
- B1930
- Alle I markens dyr, kom og et, alle I dyr i skogen!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 12:9
Is not My inheritance to Me like a speckled bird of prey with other birds of prey circling against her? Go, gather all the beasts of the field; bring them to devour her.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 28:26
Your corpses will be food for all the birds of the air and beasts of the earth, with no one to scare them away.
Read in contextIsaiah 18:6
They will all be left to the mountain birds of prey, and to the beasts of the land. The birds will feed on them in summer, and all the wild animals in winter.
Read in contextEzekiel 39:17
And as for you, son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: Call out to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field: ‘Assemble and come together from all around to the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you, a great feast on the mountains of Israel. There you will eat flesh and drink blood.
Read in contextEzekiel 29:5
I will leave you in the desert, you and all the fish of your streams. You will fall on the open field and will not be taken away or gathered for burial. I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the air.
Read in contextRevelation 19:17–18
Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God,
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