Isaiah 5:17

The Passion Translation

Then lambs will graze, as if in their own pastures, and the refugee will eat in the ruins of the rich.

Cross References

Psalm 119:70

Their hearts are dull and void of feelings, but I find my true treasure in your truth.

Psalm 17:10

They are pitiless, heartless—hard as nails, swollen with pride and filled with arrogance!

Psalm 17:14

Throw them down to the ground, those who live for only this life on earth. Thrust them out of their prosperity and into their portion in eternity, leaving their wealth and wickedness behind!

Psalm 73:7

Pampered and pompous, vice oozes from their souls; they overflow with vanity.

Isaiah 1:7

Your country is devastated and your cities burned to the ground; foreigners plunder your crops before your eyes— with nothing but devastation and destruction in their wake!

Isaiah 10:16

Therefore, the sovereign Lord Yahweh, Commander of Angel Armies, will send a devastating plague among Assyria’s proud warriors. Yes, the “glory” of Assyria will be burned and go up in smoke!

Isaiah 17:2

Her ruins will be abandoned— left for flocks to lie down in with nothing to fear.

Isaiah 32:14

for the bustling city with its mansions will be deserted. The high ground and watchtower will be empty, becoming the joy of wild donkeys and a grazing ground for flocks.

Isaiah 40:11

He will care for you as a shepherd tends his flock, gathering the weak lambs and taking them in his arms. He carries them close to his heart and gently leads those that have young.

Isaiah 65:10

For my people who seek me, I will make the Plain of Sharon a pasture for flocks in the east, and in the west, the Valley of Trouble will be a resting place for cattle, for my people who seek me and no other god.

Isaiah 7:25

The once-cultivated hillsides where vineyards used to grow will be completely overgrown with thorns so that people will be afraid to go there. It will become a place where cattle graze and sheep trample.

Jeremiah 5:28

fat and prosperous. Indeed, their wickedness knows no bounds. There is no true justice in their judgments— they neither stand up for the rights of the orphans, nor help the needy receive their fair portion.

Lamentations 5:2

Our inheritance has passed to strangers, our homes to foreigners.

Luke 21:24

Many will be cut down by the sword or scattered as prisoners to many countries. And Jerusalem shall be trampled down by nations until the days of world empires come to an end.”