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


In Context

14 Therefore the grave enlarges its appetite and opens its mouth without limit; into it will descend their nobles and masses with all their brawlers and revelers.

15 So man will be brought low and mankind humbled, the eyes of the arrogant humbled.

16 But the Lord Almighty will be exalted by his justice, and the holy God will show himself holy by his righteousness.

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

18 Woe to those who draw sin along with cords of deceit, and wickedness as with cart ropes,

19 to those who say, "Let God hurry, let him hasten his work so we may see it. Let it approach, let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come, so we may know it."

Isaiah 5:17 in Other Translations

The 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.

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.