Isaiah 5:17

God's Word

Then lambs will graze as if they were in their own pasture, and foreigners will eat among the ruins of the rich.

Cross References

Nehemiah 9:37

The many products ⌞from our land⌟ go to the kings you put over us. This is because of our sins. These kings have control over our bodies, and they do as they please with our livestock. We are in agony.

Psalm 119:70

Their hearts are cold and insensitive, ⌞yet⌟ I am happy with your teachings.

Psalm 17:10

They have shut out all feeling. Their mouths have spoken arrogantly.

Psalm 17:14

With your power rescue me from mortals, O Lord, from mortals who enjoy their inheritance only in this life. You fill their bellies with your treasure. Their children are satisfied ⌞with it⌟, and they leave what remains to their children.

Psalm 73:7

Their eyes peer out from their fat faces, and their imaginations run wild.

Isaiah 1:7

“Your country is devastated. Your cities are burned down. Your fields are destroyed right before your eyes by foreigners. Your fields are devastated and taken over by foreigners.

Isaiah 10:16

That is why the Almighty Lord of Armies will send a degenerative disease against brave men. A flame will be turned into a raging fire under his power.

Isaiah 17:2

The cities of Aroer will be deserted. These cities will be used for sheep, which will lie down in them. There will be no one to disturb those sheep.

Isaiah 32:14

Palaces will be deserted. Noisy cities will be abandoned. Fortresses and watchtowers will become permanent caves. They will be a delight for wild donkeys and pastures for flocks

Isaiah 40:11

Like a shepherd he takes care of his flock. He gathers the lambs in his arms. He carries them in his arms. He gently helps the sheep and their lambs.

Isaiah 65:10

The Sharon Plain will be a pasture for flocks. The Achor Valley will be a resting place for cattle and for my people who search for me.

Isaiah 7:25

And you will no longer be able to go to all the hills which used to be cultivated because they will be filled with briars and thorns. It will be a place for turning oxen loose and letting sheep run.”

Jeremiah 5:28

They grow big and fat. Their evil deeds have no limits. They have no respect for the rights of others. They have no respect for the rights of orphans. But they still prosper. They don’t defend the rights of the poor.

Lamentations 5:2

“The land we inherited has been turned over to strangers. Our homes have been turned over to foreigners.

Hosea 4:16

“The people of Israel are as stubborn as a bull. How can the Lord feed them like lambs in an open pasture?

Hosea 8:7

“The people of Israel plant the wind, but they harvest a storm. A field of grain that doesn’t ripen will never produce any grain. Even if it did produce grain, foreigners would eat it all.

Micah 2:12

I will surely gather all of you, Jacob. I will surely bring together the few people left in Israel. I will gather them together like sheep in a pen, like a flock in its pasture. They will make a lot of noise because there will be so many people.

Zephaniah 2:14

Flocks will lie down in it along with animals of every kind. Even pelicans and herons will nest on top of its columns. Listen! A bird will sing in a window. The doorway will be in ruins, because the Lord will expose the cedar beams.

Zephaniah 2:6

The seacoast will become pastureland with meadows for shepherds and fenced-off places for sheep.

Luke 21:24

Swords will cut them down, and they will be carried off into all nations as prisoners. Nations will trample Jerusalem until the times allowed for the nations ⌞to do this⌟ are over.

Deuteronomy 28:33

People you never knew will eat what your land and your hard work have produced. As long as you live, you will know nothing but oppression and abuse.

Deuteronomy 32:15

Jeshurun  got fat and disrespectful. (You got fat! You were stuffed! You were gorged!) They abandoned the God who made them and treated the rock of their salvation like a fool.