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lambs will feed among the ruins of the rich.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/isaiah/5.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />In that day lambs will find good pastures, and fattened sheep and young goats will feed among the ruins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/5.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Then shall the lambs graze as in their pasture, and nomads shall eat among the ruins of the rich.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Lambs will graze as in their own pastures, and strangers will feed in the ruins of the wealthy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/5.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/5.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then the lambs shall feed in their pasture, And in the waste places of the fat ones strangers shall eat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture, And strangers will eat in the ruins of the wealthy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture, And strangers will eat in the waste places of the wealthy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture, And strangers will eat in the waste places of the wealthy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture, And sojourners will eat in the waste places of the wealthy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then the lambs will graze [among the ruins] as in their own pasture, And strangers will eat in the desolate places of the [exiled] wealthy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Lambs will graze as if in their own pastures, and resident aliens will eat among the ruins of the rich.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Lambs will graze as if in their own pastures, and strangers will eat among the ruins of the rich. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Then shall the lambs feed as in their pasture, and the waste places of the fat ones shall wanderers eat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />His people will be like sheep grazing in their own pasture, and they will take off what was left by others. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Then shall the lambs feed as in their pasture, and the waste places of the fat ones shall wanderers eat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Then lambs will graze as if they were in their own pasture, and foreigners will eat among the ruins of the rich.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />In the ruins of the cities lambs will eat grass and young goats will find pasture. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Then the lambs will graze in their pasture; fatlings and foreigners will eat among the waste places of the rich."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Lambs will graze as in their own pastures, and strangers will feed in the ruins of the wealthy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Lambs will graze as if in their pastures, amid the ruins the rich sojourners will graze. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture, and kids will eat the ruins of the rich.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture, and strangers will eat the ruins of the rich. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And lambs have fed according to their leading, "" And sojourners consume wastelands of the fat ones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And fed have lambs according to their leading, And waste places of the fat ones Do sojourners consume.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the lambs feed according to their word, and the deserts of the fat ones shall strangers eat.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the lambs shall feed according to their order, and strangers shall eat the deserts turned into fruitfulness. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And the lambs will pasture in proper order, and new arrivals will eat from the deserts turned into fertile lands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Lambs shall graze as at pasture, young goats shall eat in the ruins of the rich. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then the lambs shall graze as in their pasture, fatlings and kids shall feed among the ruins.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Then shall the lambs feed there in their usual fashion, and the waste places that shall be rebuilt shall be the property of the rightful owners.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the lambs shall feed in their portion, and the inhabitants shall consume the ruins that are rebuilt<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Then shall the lambs feed as in their pasture, And the waste places of the fat ones shall wanderers eat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And they that were spoiled shall be fed as bulls, and lambs shall feed on the waste places of them that are taken away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/5-17.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=1036" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/5.htm">Woes to the Wicked</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">16</span>But the LORD of Hosts will be exalted by His justice, and the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness. <span class="reftext">17</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3532.htm" title="3532: ḵə·ḇā·śîm (N-mp) -- A lamb. From an unused root meaning to dominate; a ram.">Lambs</a> <a href="/hebrew/7462.htm" title="7462: wə·rā·‘ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- A primitive root; to tend a flock; i.e. Pasture it; intransitively, to graze; generally to rule; by extension, to associate with.">will graze</a> <a href="/hebrew/1699.htm" title="1699: kə·ḏā·ḇə·rām (Prep-k:: N-msc:: 3mp) -- A pasture. From dabar; a pasture.">as in their own pastures,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1481.htm" title="1481: gā·rîm (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to turn aside from the road, i.e. Sojourn; also to shrink, fear; also to gather for hostility.">and strangers</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: yō·ḵê·lū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">will feed</a> <a href="/hebrew/2723.htm" title="2723: wə·ḥā·rə·ḇō·wṯ (Conj-w:: N-fpc) -- Waste, desolation, ruin. Feminine of choreb; properly, drought, i.e. a desolation.">in the ruins</a> <a href="/hebrew/4220.htm" title="4220: mê·ḥîm (N-mp) -- A fatling. From machah in the sense of greasing; fat; figuratively, rich.">of the wealthy.</a> </span><span class="reftext">18</span>Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceit and pull sin along with cart ropes,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/37-11.htm">Psalm 37:11</a></span><br />But the meek will inherit the land and delight in abundant prosperity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-5.htm">Matthew 5:5</a></span><br />Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/34-14.htm">Ezekiel 34:14</a></span><br />I will feed them in good pasture, and the lofty mountains of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in a good grazing land; they will feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/22-26.htm">Psalm 22:26</a></span><br />The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise Him. May your hearts live forever!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/11-6.htm">Isaiah 11:6-9</a></span><br />The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the goat; the calf and young lion and fatling will be together, and a little child will lead them. / The cow will graze with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox. / The infant will play by the cobra’s den, and the toddler will reach into the viper’s nest. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/7-14.htm">Micah 7:14</a></span><br />Shepherd with Your staff Your people, the flock of Your inheritance. They live alone in a woodland, surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/23-3.htm">Jeremiah 23:3</a></span><br />Then I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock from all the lands to which I have banished them, and I will return them to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and multiply.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/3-12.htm">Zephaniah 3:12-13</a></span><br />But I will leave within you a meek and humble people, and they will trust in the name of the LORD. / The remnant of Israel will no longer do wrong or speak lies, nor will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouths. But they will feed and lie down, with no one to make them tremble.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/25-34.htm">Matthew 25:34</a></span><br />Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/7-16.htm">Revelation 7:16-17</a></span><br />‘Never again will they hunger, and never will they thirst; nor will the sun beat down upon them, nor any scorching heat.’ / For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/36-11.htm">Ezekiel 36:11</a></span><br />I will fill you with people and animals, and they will multiply and be fruitful. I will make you as inhabited as you once were, and I will make you prosper more than before. Then you will know that I am the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-23.htm">Isaiah 30:23-24</a></span><br />Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures. / The oxen and donkeys that work the ground will eat salted fodder, winnowed with shovel and pitchfork.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/10-14.htm">John 10:14-16</a></span><br />I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me, / just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep. / I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them in as well, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/65-13.htm">Isaiah 65:13</a></span><br />Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/12-32.htm">Luke 12:32</a></span><br />Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.</p><p class="hdg">shall the lambs</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/7-21.htm">Isaiah 7:21,22,25</a></b></br> And it shall come to pass in that day, <i>that</i> a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/17-2.htm">Isaiah 17:2</a></b></br> The cities of Aroer <i>are</i> forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make <i>them</i> afraid.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/32-14.htm">Isaiah 32:14</a></b></br> Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;</p><p class="hdg">the waste</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/10-16.htm">Isaiah 10:16</a></b></br> Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/32-15.htm">Deuteronomy 32:15</a></b></br> But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered <i>with fatness</i>; then he forsook God <i>which</i> made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/17-10.htm">Psalm 17:10,14</a></b></br> They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly… </p><p class="hdg">strangers</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/1-7.htm">Isaiah 1:7</a></b></br> Your country <i>is</i> desolate, your cities <i>are</i> burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and <i>it is</i> desolate, as overthrown by strangers.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/28-33.htm">Deuteronomy 28:33</a></b></br> The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/9-37.htm">Nehemiah 9:37</a></b></br> And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we <i>are</i> in great distress.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-7.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-19.htm">Consume</a> <a href="/isaiah/4-1.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-11.htm">Fat</a> <a href="/psalms/66-15.htm">Fatlings</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/10-17.htm">Feasting</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-11.htm">Fed</a> <a href="/songs/6-2.htm">Feed</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-13.htm">Food</a> <a href="/job/39-8.htm">Grass-Lands</a> <a href="/songs/1-8.htm">Graze</a> <a href="/songs/1-8.htm">Kids</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-11.htm">Lambs</a> <a href="/songs/7-13.htm">Manner</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-15.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/songs/6-2.htm">Pasture</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-26.htm">Places</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/10-20.htm">Rich</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-6.htm">Ruins</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-11.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/psalms/146-9.htm">Sojourners</a> <a href="/isaiah/2-6.htm">Strangers</a> <a href="/psalms/109-10.htm">Wanderers</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-9.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/5-12.htm">Wealthy</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/7-25.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-20.htm">Consume</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-15.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/isaiah/6-10.htm">Fat</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-3.htm">Fatlings</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-13.htm">Feasting</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-5.htm">Fed</a> <a href="/isaiah/6-2.htm">Feed</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-29.htm">Food</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-7.htm">Grass-Lands</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-7.htm">Graze</a> <a href="/genesis/27-9.htm">Kids</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-1.htm">Lambs</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-20.htm">Manner</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-23.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-30.htm">Pasture</a> <a href="/isaiah/6-12.htm">Places</a> <a href="/isaiah/25-6.htm">Rich</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-1.htm">Ruins</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-21.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/ephesians/2-19.htm">Sojourners</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-1.htm">Strangers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-12.htm">Wanderers</a> <a href="/isaiah/6-11.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-31.htm">Wealthy</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 5</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/5-1.htm">Under the parable of a vineyard, God excuses his severe judgment</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/5-8.htm">His judgments upon covetousness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/5-11.htm">Upon lasciviousness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/5-13.htm">Upon impiety</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/5-20.htm">And upon injustice</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/5-26.htm">The executioners of God's judgments</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In biblical times, lambs grazing freely indicated a time of peace and prosperity. The imagery of lambs is also significant in the Bible, often representing God's people or the followers of Christ, as seen in <a href="/john/10-14.htm">John 10:14-15</a> where Jesus refers to Himself as the Good Shepherd. The mention of "their own pastures" implies a restoration of rightful ownership and divine provision, echoing <a href="/psalms/23.htm">Psalm 23:1-2</a>, where the Lord is depicted as a shepherd who provides for His flock.<p><b>and strangers will feed in the ruins of the wealthy</b><br>This part of the verse highlights a reversal of fortunes, where the once-wealthy are no longer present, and outsiders benefit from what remains. Historically, this can be seen as a consequence of divine judgment, where the prideful and unjust are brought low, as prophesied in <a href="/isaiah/2-12.htm">Isaiah 2:12</a>. The term "strangers" may refer to foreigners or those not originally part of the community, indicating a shift in social order. This imagery is consistent with the biblical theme of God humbling the proud and exalting the humble, as seen in <a href="/luke/1-52.htm">Luke 1:52</a>. The "ruins of the wealthy" serve as a stark reminder of the temporal nature of earthly riches and the ultimate sovereignty of God over all nations and peoples.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/l/lambs.htm">Lambs</a></b><br>Symbolic of innocence and purity, often representing God's people or those who are humble and righteous.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/p/pastures.htm">Pastures</a></b><br>Represents a place of provision and safety, often used metaphorically for spiritual nourishment and peace.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/strangers.htm">Strangers</a></b><br>Refers to foreigners or those outside the covenant community, possibly indicating those who will benefit from the downfall of the unfaithful.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/r/ruins.htm">Ruins</a></b><br>The aftermath of judgment, symbolizing the destruction of what was once prosperous due to disobedience.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wealthy.htm">The Wealthy</a></b><br>Those who have prospered materially but have neglected spiritual and moral responsibilities, leading to their downfall.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_justice_and_provision.htm">God's Justice and Provision</a></b><br>God's judgment is just, and He provides for those who remain faithful and humble.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>Material wealth and status are fleeting; true security is found in obedience to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_righteous.htm">The Role of the Righteous</a></b><br>The righteous, symbolized by lambs, will find peace and provision even amidst judgment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/inclusivity_of_god's_blessings.htm">Inclusivity of God's Blessings</a></b><br>God's blessings extend beyond the covenant community, as seen with strangers benefiting from the ruins.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_nourishment.htm">Spiritual Nourishment</a></b><br>Seek spiritual nourishment and safety in God's pastures, rather than relying on worldly wealth.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 5</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_jesus'_life_and_teachings_fulfill_god.htm">How does Jesus' life and teachings fulfill God's promise?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_do_an_inductive_bible_study.htm">How do you conduct an Inductive Bible Study?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_god_destroying_his_vineyard_contradict_love.htm">Isaiah 5:1-7: Does God's destruction of His own vineyard contradict the idea of a loving and merciful deity?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_isaiah_60_12_match_history.htm">How does Isaiah 60:12 align with historical events when it asserts nations refusing to serve Jerusalem will be utterly destroyed?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(17) <span class= "bld">Then shall the lambs feed after their manner.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">feed even as on their pasture. </span>The meaning is clear enough. The lands that have been gained by oppression shall, in the day of retribution, become common pasture ground instead of being reserved for the parks and gardens of the rich; and strangers--i.e., invaders, Philistines, Assyrians, or nomadic tribes--shall devour the produce (<a href="/isaiah/1-7.htm" title="Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.">Isaiah 1:7</a>). Possibly, however, the "lambs" may stand for the poor and meek, as in contrast with the "fat ones" of the earth. The LXX. version follows a different reading in the second clause, and gives "kids" instead of "strangers."<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 17.</span> <span class="cmt_word">Then shall the lambs feed</span>. Dr. Kay takes the "lambs" to be the remnant of Israel that survived the judgment, who will feed freely, cared for by the good Shepherd; but the parallelism so generally affected by Isaiah seems to require a meaning more consonant with the later clause of the verse. Most commentators, therefore, expound the passage literally, "Then shall lambs feed [on the desolated estates of the covetous]" (see vers. 8-10). <span class="cmt_word">After their manner</span>; or, <span class="accented">after their own guidance</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> at their pleasure, as they list (so Lowth and Rosenmüller). <span class="cmt_word">And the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.</span> <span class="accented">Goim</span>, <span class="accented">i.e.</span> nomad tribes, shall consume the produce of the wasted fields once possessed by the Hebrew grandees. Ewald proposes to make the verse immediately follow ver. 10; but this is not necessary. The occupation of their lands by wandering tribes, Arabs and others, was a part of the punishment that fell on all the nobles, not on those only who accumulated large estates. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/5-17.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Lambs</span><br /><span class="heb">כְבָשִׂ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(ḵə·ḇā·śîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3532.htm">Strong's 3532: </a> </span><span class="str2">A lamb</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will graze</span><br /><span class="heb">וְרָע֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·rā·‘ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7462.htm">Strong's 7462: </a> </span><span class="str2">To tend a, flock, pasture it, in, to graze, to rule, to associate with</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as in their own pastures,</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּדָבְרָ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(kə·ḏā·ḇə·rām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1699.htm">Strong's 1699: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pasture</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and strangers</span><br /><span class="heb">גָּרִ֥ים</span> <span class="translit">(gā·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1481.htm">Strong's 1481: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn aside from the road, sojourn, to shrink, fear, to gather for, hostility</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will feed</span><br /><span class="heb">יֹאכֵֽלוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(yō·ḵê·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To eat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the ruins</span><br /><span class="heb">וְחָרְב֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḥā·rə·ḇō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2723.htm">Strong's 2723: </a> </span><span class="str2">Waste, desolation, ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the wealthy.</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵחִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(mê·ḥîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4220.htm">Strong's 4220: </a> </span><span class="str2">Fat, rich</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/5-17.htm">Isaiah 5:17 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/5-17.htm">Isaiah 5:17 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/5-17.htm">Isaiah 5:17 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/5-17.htm">Isaiah 5:17 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/5-17.htm">Isaiah 5:17 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/5-17.htm">Isaiah 5:17 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/5-17.htm">Isaiah 5:17 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/5-17.htm">Isaiah 5:17 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/5-17.htm">Isaiah 5:17 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/5-17.htm">Isaiah 5:17 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/5-17.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 5:17 Then the lambs will graze as (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/5-16.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 5:16"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 5:16" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/5-18.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 5:18"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 5:18" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>