Isaiah 56:9

All you animals of the field, 2 come to devour, 2 all you animals in the forest. 1

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

8'Adonay Adonai [Lord Yahweh], who gathers the outcasts of Israel [God prevails], says, 2 “I will yet gather others to him, 2 besides his own who are gathered.” 1

10His watchmen are blind. 2 They are all without knowledge. 1 They are all mute dogs. 2 They can’t bark; 2 dreaming, lying down, 'ahav ·affectionately loving· slumber. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 18:6They will be left together for the ravenous birds of the mountains, and for the animals of the earth. The ravenous birds will summer on them, and all the animals of the earth will winter on them.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 56:4-9

Encouragement to the Sincere; Encouragement to the Gentiles. ( b. c. 706.) 3 Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the Lord , speak, saying, The Lord hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree. 4 For thus saith the Lord unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant; 5 Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of… Read the whole commentary →

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