17Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.


In Context

14 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.

15 And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:

16 But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.

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

18 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:

19 That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know [it! ]

Isaiah 5:17 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:17Then sheep will graze as in their own pasture; lambs will feed among the ruins of the rich.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:17And the lambs shall feed according to their order, and strangers shall eat the deserts turned into fruitfulness.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:17Then shall the lambs feed as in their pasture, and the waste places of the fat ones shall wanderers eat.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:17And the lambs shall feed as on their pasture, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:17Then shall the lambs feed as in their pasture, and the waste places of the fat ones shall wanderers eat.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:17Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:17Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture, and strangers will eat the ruins of the rich.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:17And fed have lambs according to their leading, And waste places of the fat ones Do sojourners consume.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:17Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.