Isaiah 5:17

Then shall the young rams feed where they please,—And, the wastes of the wealthy, shall strangers consume.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 Yahweh of hosts, hath been exalted, in justice,—And the GOD that is holy hath been hallowed in righteousness;

18Alas! for them Who draw on themselves punishment with cords of falsehood,—And as with waggon-bands, penalty:

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:15Then Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: Thou wast fat, Thou wast thick, Thou wast gorged, So he forsook the GOD who made him, And treated as foolish his Rock of salvation.

Psalms 17:10Their own fat [heart], have they shut up,—With their mouth, have they spoken proudly.

Psalms 73:7Their iniquity, hath proceeded from fatness, They have surpassed the imaginations of the heart;

Isaiah 1:7Your country—is a desolation, Your cities—are consumed with fire,—Your soil—right before your eyes, foreigners are devouring it, And it is a desolation a very overthrow by foreigners;

Isaiah 7:25But all the hills which, with the hoe, can be weeded,—there shall not come thither, the fear of briars and thorns,—but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the tread of lesser cattle.

Isaiah 17:2Forsaken, are the desolate cities,—For flocks, shall they serve, Which shall lie down and have none to make them afraid.

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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