Isaiah 56:9 (LSB)

Passage

All you beasts of the field, All you beasts in the forest, Come to eat.

Nearby Context

Isaiah 56:7 Even those I will bring to My holy mountain And make them glad in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be acceptable on My altar; For My house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples.”

Isaiah 56:8 Lord Yahweh, who gathers the banished of Israel, declares, “Yet others I will gather to them, to those already gathered.”

Isaiah 56:9 All you beasts of the field, All you beasts in the forest, Come to eat.

Isaiah 56:10 His watchmen are blind; All of them know nothing. All of them are mute dogs unable to bark, Dreamers lying down, who love to slumber;

Isaiah 56:11 And the dogs have a strong appetite; they do not know satisfaction. And they are shepherds who do not know understanding; They have all turned to their own way, Each one to his greedy gain, to the last one.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "beasts", "field", "forest", and "come". 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 "Lord Yahweh who gathers the banished of..." into verse 10's "His watchmen are blind All of them...", 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.