Isaiah 5:17 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁷ Then shall the lambs graze as in their pasture, fatlings and kids shall feed among the ruins.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ Then shall the lambs feed [among the ruins] as in their own pasture, and [among] the desolate places of the [exiled] rich shall sojourners and aliens eat.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ Then shall the lambs feed as in their pasture, and the waste places of the fat ones shall wanderers eat.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ Lambs will graze as if in their pasture; young goats will feed among the ruins of the rich.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ And the lambs will pasture in proper order, and new arrivals will eat from the deserts turned into fertile lands.

Isaiah 5:17 Cross References

Zephaniah 2:6

And you, O seacoast, shall be pastures, meadows for shepherds and folds for flocks.

Isaiah 7:25

and as for all the hills which used to be hoed with a hoe, you will not come there for fear of briers and thorns; but they will become a place where cattle are let loose and where sheep tread.

Zephaniah 2:14

Herds shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the field; the vulture and the hedgehog shall lodge in her capitals; the owl shall hoot in the window, the raven croak on the threshold; for her cedar work will be laid bare.

Luke 21:24

they will fall by the edge of the sword, and be led captive among all nations; and Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

Micah 2:12

I will surely gather all of you, O Jacob, I will gather the remnant of Israel; I will set them together like sheep in a fold, like a flock in its pasture, a noisy multitude of men.

Hosea 8:7

For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads, it shall yield no meal; if it were to yield, aliens would devour it.

Lamentations 5:2

Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to aliens.

Jeremiah 5:28

they have grown fat and sleek. They know no bounds in deeds of wickedness; they judge not with justice the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper, and they do not defend the rights of the needy.

Isaiah 65:10

Sharon shall become a pasture for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down, for my people who have sought me.

Isaiah 40:11

He will feed his flock like a shepherd, he will gather the lambs in his arms, he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.

Isaiah 32:14

For the palace will be forsaken, the populous city deserted; the hill and the watchtower will become dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;

Isaiah 17:2

Her cities will be deserted for ever; they will be for flocks, which will lie down, and none will make them afraid.

Isaiah 10:16

Therefore the Lord, the Lord of hosts, will send wasting sickness among his stout warriors, and under his glory a burning will be kindled, like the burning of fire.

Isaiah 1:7

Your country lies desolate, your cities are burned with fire; in your very presence aliens devour your land; it is desolate, as overthrown by aliens.

Psalm 119:70

their heart is gross like fat, but I delight in thy law.

Psalm 73:7

Their eyes swell out with fatness, their hearts overflow with follies.

Psalm 17:14

from men by thy hand, O Lord, from men whose portion in life is of the world. May their belly be filled with what thou hast stored up for them; may their children have more than enough; may they leave something over to their babes.

Psalm 17:10

They close their hearts to pity; with their mouths they speak arrogantly.

Nehemiah 9:37

And its rich yield goes to the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins; they have power also over our bodies and over our cattle at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.”

Deuteronomy 32:15

“But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked; you waxed fat, you grew thick, you became sleek; then he forsook God who made him, and scoffed at the Rock of his salvation.

Deuteronomy 28:33

A nation which you have not known shall eat up the fruit of your ground and of all your labors; and you shall be only oppressed and crushed continually;

Hosea 4:16

Like a stubborn heifer, Israel is stubborn; can the Lord now feed them like a lamb in a broad pasture?