Isaiah 5:17

Then shall the sheepe eate as they were wont, and the riche mens landes that were layde waste shall straungers deuour.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16But the Lorde of hoastes shalbe exalted in iudgement, and God that is holy is sanctified in ryghteousnesse.

18Wo be vnto them that drawe wickednesse with cordes of vanitie, and sinne as it were with a cart rope.

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Cross References

Isaiah 1:7Your lande is wasted, your cities are burnt vp, straungers deuour your lande before your face, and it is made desolate, as it were the destruction of enemies [in the tyme of warre.]

Isaiah 7:25As for all hilles that shalbe digged with the mattocke, there shall not come vpon them any feare of bryers and thornes: but the cattell shalbe driuen thyther, and the sheepe shal feede there.

Isaiah 17:2The waste cities of Aroer shalbe foldes for cattell which shall lye there, and there shalbe none to fray them away.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 5:9-18

Worldly-Mindedness Reproved; The Punishment of the Sensual. ( b. c. 758.) 8 Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth! 9 In mine ears said the Lord of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. 10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of a homer shall yield an ephah. 11 Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow… Read the whole commentary →

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