Isaiah 5:17
Then shall the lambes feede after their maner, and the strangers shall eate the desolate places of the fat.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
16And the Lord of hostes shalbe exalted in iudgement, and the holy God shalbe sanctified in iustice.
18Woe vnto them, that draw iniquitie with cordes of vanitie, and sinne, as with cart ropes:
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:15But he that should haue bene vpright, when he waxed fat, spurned with his heele: thou art fat, thou art grosse, thou art laden with fatnes: therefore he forsooke God that made him, and regarded not the strong God of his saluation.
Psalms 17:10They are inclosed in their owne fat, and they haue spoken proudely with their mouth.
Psalms 73:7Their eyes stande out for fatnesse: they haue more then heart can wish.
Isaiah 1:7Your land is waste: your cities are burnt with fire: strangers deuoure your lande in your presence, and it is desolate like the ouerthrowe of strangers.
Isaiah 7:25But on all the mountaines, which shalbe digged with the mattocke, there shall not come thither the feare of briers and thornes: but they shalbe for the sending out of bullocks, and for the treading of sheepe.
Isaiah 17:2The cities of Aroer shall be forsaken: they shall be for the flockes: for they shall lye there, and none shall make them afraide.
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 →