Isaiah 56:9
7 Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
8 The Lord GOD which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.
All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest.
10 His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
11 Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
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
Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 28:26
And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.
Read in contextIsaiah 18:6
They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.
Read in contextEzekiel 39:17
And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.
Read in contextEzekiel 29:5
And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for meat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven.
Read in contextRevelation 19:17–18
And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
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