Isaiah 5:17

Isaiah 5:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
• New International Version (NIV)Then sheep will graze as in their own pasture; lambs will feed among the ruins of the rich.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then shall the lambs graze as in their pasture, and nomads shall eat among the ruins of the rich.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the lambs shall feed in their pasture, And in the waste places of the fat ones strangers shall eat.

Context of Isaiah 5:17

15And the mean man shall be bowed down, and the great man brought low, and the eyes of the lofty shall be brought low; 16and Jehovah of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and the holy God hallowed in righteousness. And the lambs shall feed as on their pasture, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat. 18Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as with cart-ropes! 19who say, Let him hasten, let him speed his work, that we may see [it]; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!

Isaiah 5:17 word by word

וְרָע֥וּ כְבָשִׂ֖ים כְּדָבְרָ֑ם וְחָרְב֥וֹת מֵחִ֖ים גָּרִ֥ים יֹאכֵֽלוּ׃Read the interlinear

• lambsכֶּ֫בֶשׂkebeώ · lambH3532
• pastureדֹּ֫בֶרdôber dibbêr · pastureH1699
• wasteחׇרְבָּהchorbâh · desolationH2723
• eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398

Cross-references for Isaiah 5:17

• Isaiah 7:21And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] a man shall nourish a young cow and two sheep,
• Isaiah 17:2The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks; and they shall lie down and there shall be none to make them afraid.
• Isaiah 32:14For the palace shall be deserted, the multitude of the city shall be forsaken; hill and watchtower shall be caves for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;
• Isaiah 40:11He will feed his flock like a shepherd: he will gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom; he will gently lead those that give suck.
• Isaiah 65:10And the Sharon shall be a fold for flocks, and the valley of Achor a couching-place of the herds, for my people that have sought me.
• Zephaniah 2:6and the sea-coast shall be cave-dwellings for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
• Isaiah 10:16Therefore shall the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness, and under his glory he shall kindle a burning, like the burning of a fire:
• Deuteronomy 32:15Then Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked — Thou art waxen fat, Thou art grown thick, And thou art covered with fatness; — He gave up God who made him, And lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
• Psalms 17:10They are enclosed in their own fat; with their mouth they speak proudly.
• Psalms 73:7Their eyes stand out from fatness, they exceed the imaginations of their heart:
• Psalms 119:70Their heart is as fat as grease: as for me, I delight in thy law.
• Jeremiah 5:28They are become fat, they shine, yea, they surpass in deeds of wickedness; they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, and they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not adjudge.
• Amos 4:1Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, that oppress the poor, that crush the needy, that say to their lords, Bring, and let us drink:
• Isaiah 1:7Your country is desolate; your cities are burned with fire; your land, strangers eat it up in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
• Deuteronomy 28:33The fruit of thy ground and all thy labour, shall a people that thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed continually.
• Nehemiah 9:37And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: and they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure; and we are in great distress.

Commentaries on Isaiah 5:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17The lambs "And the kids" - גרים gerim, "strangers." The Septuagint read, more agreeably to the design of the prophet, כרים carim, , "the lambs." גדים gedayim, "the kids," Dr. Durell; nearer to the present reading: and so Archbishop Secker. The meaning is, their luxurious habitations shall be so entirely destroyed as to become a pasture for flocks. After their manner "Without restraint" - כדברם kedobram, secundum duetum eorum; i.e. suo ipsorum ductu; as…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Then shall the lambs feed - This verse is very variously interpreted. Most of the Hebrew commentators have followed the Chaldee interpretation, and have regarded it as desired to console the pious part of the people with the assurance of protection in the general calamity. The Chaldee is, Then the just shall feed, as it is said, to them; and they shall be multiplied, and shall possess the property of the inpious.‘ By this interpretation, “lambs” are…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-23Verses 8-23 Here is a woe to those who set their hearts on the wealth of the world. Not that it is sinful for those who have a house and a field to purchase another; but the fault is, that they never know when they have enough. Covetousness is idolatry; and while many envy the prosperous, wretched man, the Lord denounces awful woes upon him. How applicable to many among us! God has many ways to empty the most populous cities. Those who set their hearts…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-17Woe: The second threat of judgment concerns indulgent lifestyles (lives centered on pleasure and excess). The language in this section shows a life of moral corruption. The people live for pleasure while ignoring justice and righteousness.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. after their manner--literally, "according to their own word," that is, at will. Otherwise, as in their own pasture [Gesenius]: so the Hebrew in Mi 2:12. The lands of the Scenite tent dwellers (Jr 35:7). Arab shepherds in the neighborhood shall roam at large, the whole of Judea being so desolate as to become a vast pasturage. waste ... fat ones--the deserted lands of the rich ("fat," Psa 22:29), then gone into captivity; "strangers," that is, nomad…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Isaiah 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings