Isaiah 56:9 (YLT)

Passage

Every beast of the field, Come to devour, every beast in the forest.

Nearby Context

Isaiah 56:7 I have brought them unto My holy mountain, And caused them to rejoice in My house of prayer, Their burnt-offerings and their sacrifices <FI>Are<Fi> for a pleasing thing on Mine altar, For My house, `A house of prayer,' Is called for all the peoples.

Isaiah 56:8 An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Who is gathering the outcasts of Israel: `Again I gather to him--to his gathered ones.'

Isaiah 56:9 Every beast of the field, Come to devour, every beast in the forest.

Isaiah 56:10 Blind <FI>are<Fi> his watchmen--all of them, They have not known, All of them <FI>are<Fi> dumb dogs, they are not able to bark, Dozing, lying down, loving to slumber.

Isaiah 56:11 And the dogs <FI>are<Fi> strong of desire, They have not known sufficiency, And they <FI>are<Fi> shepherds! They have not known understanding, All of them to their own way they did turn, Each to his dishonest gain from his quarter:

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah Who..." into verse 10's "Blind FI are Fi his watchmen--all of...", so "beast" 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 "beast" and "field" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.