Isaiah 5:17
What does Isaiah 5:17 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 5:17 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Then shall the lambs feed as in their pasture, and the waste places of the fat ones shall wanderers eat.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Then shall the lambs feed as in their pasture, and the waste places of the fat ones shall wanderers eat.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Then the lambs will get food as in their grass-lands, and the fat cattle will be feasting in the waste places.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And fed have lambs according to their leading, And waste places of the fat ones Do sojourners consume.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And the lambs shall feed according to their order, and strangers shall eat the deserts turned into fruitfulness.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the lambs shall feed as on their pasture, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 32:14
For the palace shall be forsaken; the populous city shall be deserted; the hill and the watch-tower shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;
- Lamentations 5:2
Our inheritance is turned unto strangers, Our houses unto aliens.
- Luke 21:24
And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led captive into all the nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
- Jeremiah 5:28
They are waxed fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
- Psalms 73:7
Their eyes stand out with fatness: They have more than heart could wish.
- Isaiah 1:7
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.
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