Isaiah 5:17

Easy To Read Version

\{God will make the people of Israel leave their country; the land will be empty.\} Sheep will go any place they want. Lambs will walk on the land that rich people once owned.

Cross References

Nehemiah 9:37

The harvest is big in this land.\par But we sinned, so that harvest\par goes to the kings you put over us.\par Those kings control us and our cattle.\par They do anything they want.\par We are in a lot of trouble.\par

Psalm 119:70

Those people are very stupid. {\cf2\super [594]} \par But I enjoy studying your teachings.\par

Psalm 17:10

Those bad people have become too proud \{to listen to God\}.\par And they brag about themselves.\par

Psalm 17:14

Lord, use your power and remove\par bad people from the \{land of\} the living.\par

Psalm 73:7

If those people like something they see,\par they go and take it.\par They do whatever they want to do.\par

Isaiah 1:7

“Your land is ruined. Your cities have been burned with fire. Your enemies have taken your land. Your land is ruined like a country destroyed by armies.

Isaiah 10:16

\{Assyria {\cf2\super [119]} thinks he is great.\} But the Lord All-Powerful will send a terrible disease against Assyria. Assyria will lose his wealth and power like a sick man loses weight. Then Assyria’s glory will be destroyed. It will be like a fire burning until everything is gone.

Isaiah 17:2

People will leave the cities of Aroer. {\cf2\super [175]} \par Flocks of sheep will wander freely in those empty towns;\par There will be no person to bother them.\par

Isaiah 32:14

People will leave the capital city. The palace and towers will be left empty. People will not live in houses—they will live in caves. Wild donkeys and sheep will live in the city—animals will go there to eat grass.

Isaiah 40:11

The Lord will lead his people\par like a shepherd leads sheep.\par The Lord will use his arm (power)\par and gather his sheep together.\par The Lord will pick up the little sheep\par and hold them in his arms.\par Their mothers will walk beside him.\par

Isaiah 65:10

Then Sharon Valley {\cf2\super [470]} will be a field for sheep. The Valley of Achor {\cf2\super [471]} will be a place for cattle to rest. All these things will be for my people—the people that look for me.

Isaiah 7:25

People once worked and grew food on these hills. But at that time, people will not go there. The land will be filled with weeds and thorns. Only sheep and cattle will go to those places.”

Jeremiah 5:28

They have grown big and fat\par \{from the evil things they have done\}.\par There is no end to the evil things they do.\par They will not plead the case\par of children that have no parents.\par They will not help those orphans.\par They will not let poor people\par be judged fairly.\par

Lamentations 5:2

Our land has been turned over to strangers.\par Our houses have been given to foreigners.\par

Hosea 4:16

The Lord has given many things to Israel. He is like a shepherd that takes his sheep to a large field with much grass. But Israel is stubborn. Israel is like a young cow that runs away again and again.

Hosea 8:7

The Israelites \{did a foolish thing\}—it was like trying to plant the wind. But \{they will get only troubles\}—they will harvest a whirlwind. The grain in the fields will grow. It will give no food. Even if it grew something, strangers would eat it.

Micah 2:12

Yes, people of Jacob, {\cf2\super [33]} \par I will bring all of you together.\par I will bring together all the survivors {\cf2\super [34]} \par of Israel.\par I will put them together\par like sheep in the sheep pen,\par like a flock in its pasture.\par Then the place will be filled\par with the noise of many people.\par

Zephaniah 2:14

Then only sheep and wild animals will live in that ruined city. Owls and crows will sit on the columns that are left standing. Their calls will be heard coming through the windows. Crows will sit on the doorsteps. Black birds {\cf2\super [18]} will sit in those empty houses.

Zephaniah 2:6

Your land by the sea will become empty fields for shepherds and their sheep.

Luke 21:24

Some of the people will be killed by soldiers. Other people will be made prisoners and taken to every country. The holy city of Jerusalem will be walked on by non-Jewish people until their time is finished.

Deuteronomy 28:33

“A nation that you don’t know will take all your crops and all the things you worked for. People will treat you badly and abuse you.

Deuteronomy 32:15

“But Jeshurun [212] became fat and kicked {like a bull}. (Yes, you people were fed well! You became full and fat!) Then he left the God who made him! He ran away from the Rock who saved him.