Isaiah 5:17

Isaiah chapter 5 · verse 17 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

Then shall the lambs feed as in their pasture, and the waste places of the fat ones shall wanderers eat.

King James Version · 1611

Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.

American Standard Version · 1901

Then shall the lambs feed as in their pasture, and the waste places of the fat ones shall wanderers eat.

v.16but Jehovah of hosts is exalted in justice, and God the Holy One is sanctified in righteousness.

v.17This passage

v.18Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and sin as it were with a cart rope;

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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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;
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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.