Isaiah Chapter 56 verse 9 Holy Bible
All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, `yea', all ye beasts in the forest.
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All you beasts of the field, come together for your meat, even all you beasts of the wood.
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All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, all ye beasts in the forest.
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All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest.
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All you animals of the field, come to devour, [yes], all you animals in the forest.
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Every beast of the field, Come to devour, every beast in the forest.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 9-12. - THE BLIND GUIDES OF ISRAEL REBUKED. A sudden change of style marks the introduction of an entirely new prophecy. The eye of the prophet, apparently, goes back from the period of the exile, which he has been so long contemplating, to his own day, or at any rate to the pre-exile period, and rests upon Israel in their own land. He sees them misled by their teachers (vers. 10-12), given to idolatry (Isaiah 57:3-9), and offering themselves a ready prey to their enemies (Isaiah 56:9). Many modern critics regard the passage as the composition of an unknown prophet belonging to the time of Manasseh. But there is no sufficient evidence of this. The prophecy has many Isaiah characteristics. Verse 9. - Beasts of the field... beasts in the forest; i.e. "all wild beasts of whatever kind" - all the enemies of God's flock (see Jeremiah 12:9; Ezekiel 34:8). Come to devour. Make haste, now is your opportunity. The people have none to protect them, and will be an easy prey. Come, set to work; devour.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(9) All ye beasts of the field . . .--The sudden change of tone indicates that we enter on an entirely new section, which extends to the close of Isaiah 57. The contents of that section fit in with the assumption of its having been written early in the reign of Manasseh, better than With that of a date after the exile. The opening words summon the enemies of Israel to do their work of punishment, and this is followed naturally by a denunciation of the sins which had made it necessary. For the form of the summons, comp. Ezekiel 34:8; Jeremiah 12:9.
