Isaiah 5:17

Translations

Modern

Lambs will graze as in their own pastures, and strangers will feed in the ruins of the wealthy.

Traditional

Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.

Literal

And the lambs will graze as in their pasture, and in the waste places of the fat ones, sojourners will eat.

Latin

Et pascentur agni juxta ordinem suum, et deserta in ubertatem versa advenæ comedent.

Original

Hebrew

English

Lambs will graze as in their own pastures, and strangers will feed in the ruins of the wealthy.

Notes

Isaiah 5:11–17

Woe: 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.

Isaiah 5:8–23

This section contains six pronouncements of sorrow. They are six warnings of dreadful judgment (Isaiah 5:8, 11, 18, 20, 21, 22). These sorrows highlight some of the "sour grapes" produced by the vineyard of Israel (5:1–7).

Isaiah 5:1–30

The prophet delivered judgment through a song (Isaiah 5:1–7) and prophecies of sorrow (5:8–30). Although Israel's future will be pure and in fellowship with God (Isaiah 4:2–6), it must address the current sinful state of the people and their leaders.

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah Salvation in Isaiah

Events

Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

Related verses

Zephaniah 2:6
So the seacoast will become a land of pastures, with wells for shepherds and folds for sheep.
Zephaniah 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.
Isaiah 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.
Lamentations 5:2
Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.
Isaiah 17:2
The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they will be left to the flocks, which will lie down with no one to fear.
Isaiah 32:14
For the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become caves forever—the delight of wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks—
Psalm 17:10
They have closed their callous hearts; their mouths speak with arrogance.
Psalm 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.
Nehemiah 9:37
Its abundant harvest goes to the kings You have set over us because of our sins. And they rule over our bodies and our livestock as they please. We are in great distress.
Luke 21:24
They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
Psalm 73:7
From their prosperity proceeds iniquity; the imaginations of their hearts run wild.
Isaiah 65:10
Sharon will become a pasture for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a resting place for herds, for My people who seek Me.

Glossary

Coins Curse, Cursed Desert Isaiah, Book of Strong Drink

Topics

Backsliders: Backsliding of Israel Isaiah: Prophecies, Reproofs, and Exhortations of Denounces Existing Corruptions The Lamb of the Lord's People

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