9 Come, all you beasts of the field, come and devour, all you beasts of the forest!
9 All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest.
9 All you beasts of the field, come to devour-- all you beasts in the forest.
9 A call to the savage beasts: Come on the run. Come, devour, beast barbarians!
9 All you beasts of the field, come to devour, All you beasts in the forest.
9 Come, wild animals of the field! Come, wild animals of the forest! Come and devour my people!
5 So they were scattered because there was no shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild animals.
5 And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd:
5 So they were scattered, because there was no shepherd, and they became food for all the wild beasts.
5 So they were scattered because there was no shepherd; and they became food for all the beasts of the field when they were scattered.
5 So my sheep have been scattered without a shepherd, and they are easy prey for any wild animal.
(Read Ezekiel 34:1-6)
The people became as sheep without a shepherd, were given up as a prey to their enemies, and the land was utterly desolated. No rank or office can exempt from the reproofs of God's word, men who neglect their duty, and abuse the trust reposed in them.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Isaiah 56:9
Commentary on Isaiah 56:9-12
(Read Isaiah 56:9-12)
Desolating judgments are called for; and this severe rebuke of the rulers and teachers of the Jewish church, is applicable to other ages and places. It is bad with a people when their shepherds slumber, and are eager after the world. Let us pray the Great Shepherd to send us pastors after his own heart, who will feed us with knowledge, that we may rejoice in his holy name, and that believers may be daily added to the church.