Isaiah 56:9 (DBY)

Passage

All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, all ye beasts in the forest.

Nearby Context

Isaiah 56:7 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 my house shall be called a house of prayer for all the peoples.

Isaiah 56:8 The Lord Jehovah, who gathereth the outcasts of Israel, saith: Yet will I gather [others] to him, with those of his that are gathered.

Isaiah 56:9 All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, all ye beasts in the forest.

Isaiah 56:10 His watchmen are all of them blind, they are without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs that cannot bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber:

Isaiah 56:11 and the dogs are greedy, they know not to be satisfied, and these are shepherds that know not how to discern: they all turn to their own way, every one for his gain, even to the last of them:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "beasts", "field", "come", "devour", and "forest". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "beasts" and "field", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "The Lord Jehovah who gathereth the outcasts..." into verse 10's "His watchmen are all of them blind...", so "beasts" and "field" belong inside that flow. In Isaiah context, the local focus is the Holy One of Israel, judgment and restoration, the servant of the LORD, and Zion's hope.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "beasts" and "field" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.