Discovery BoxIsaiah 56:9 
ContextThe Lord Denounces Israel’s Paganism
56:9 All you wild animals in the fields, come and devour,
all you wild animals in the forest!
Isaiah 13:21
Context13:21 Wild animals will rest there,
the ruined 1 houses will be full of hyenas. 2
Ostriches will live there,
wild goats will skip among the ruins. 3
1 tn The word “ruined” is supplied in the translation for clarification.
2 tn The precise referent of this word in uncertain. See HALOT 29 s.v. *אֹחַ. Various English versions translate as “owls” (e.g., NAB, NASB), “wild dogs” (NCV); “jackals” (NIV); “howling creatures” (NRSV, NLT).
3 tn Heb “will skip there.”
