Isaiah 5:17
15 So mankind will be brought low, and each man humbled; the arrogant will lower their eyes.
16 But the LORD of Hosts will be exalted by His justice, and the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.
Lambs will graze as in their own pastures, and strangers will feed in the ruins of the wealthy.
18 Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceit and pull sin along with cart ropes,
19 to those who say, “Let Him hurry and hasten His work so that we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come so that we may know it!”
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Lambs will graze as in their own pastures, and strangers will feed in the ruins of the wealthy.
- KJV
- Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
- WEB
- Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture, and strangers will eat the ruins of the rich.
- ASV
- Then shall the lambs feed as in their pasture, and the waste places of the fat ones shall wanderers eat.
- DARBY
- And the lambs shall feed as on their pasture, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
- BLB
- And the lambs will graze as [in] their pasture, and in the waste places of the fat ones, sojourners will eat.
- ÅB
- Og lam skal beite der som på sin egen mark, og de rikes[^3] jord legges øde og fortæres av fremmede.
- OTB
- Da skal lammene beite som i sin egen eng, og fremmede skal ete blant ruinene av de rike.
- B1930
- Og lam skal beite der som på sin egen mark, og de rikes jord legges øde og fortæres av fremmede. / < d.e. de ugudelige rikmenns; JES 5, 8. 9.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Zephaniah 2:6
So the seacoast will become a land of pastures, with wells for shepherds and folds for sheep.
Read in contextZephaniah 2:14
Herds will lie down in her midst, creatures of every kind. Both the desert owl and screech owl will roost atop her pillars. Their calls will sound from the window, but desolation will lie on the threshold, for He will expose the beams of cedar.
Read in contextIsaiah 7:25
For fear of the briers and thorns, you will no longer traverse the hills once tilled by the hoe; they will become places for oxen to graze and sheep to trample.
Read in contextIsaiah 10:16
Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts will send a wasting disease among Assyria’s stout warriors, and under his pomp will be kindled a fire like a burning flame.
Read in contextPsalms 17:14
from such men, O LORD, by Your hand— from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.
Read in contextAmos 4:1–3
Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”
Read in contextPsalms 119:70
Their hearts are hard and callous, but I delight in Your law.
Read in contextIsaiah 7:21–22
On that day a man will raise a young cow and two sheep,
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