Isaiah 5:17

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְרָע֥וּ כְבָשִׂ֖ים כְּדָבְרָ֑ם וְחָרְב֥וֹת מֵחִ֖ים גָּרִ֥ים יֹאכֵֽלוּ׃

Transliteration

Then wərāʿû kəbāśîm kədābrām, and wəḥārbôt mēḥîm gārîm yōʾkēlû.

Grammar Details

*wərāʿû*: conjunction with qal perfect 3rd person common plural - and they will feed
*kəbāśîm*: masculine plural noun - lambs
*kədābrām*: preposition with masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - according to their pasture
*wə*: conjunction - and
*ḥārbôt*: feminine plural construct - ruins of
*mēḥîm*: masculine plural noun - fat ones
*gārîm*: masculine plural noun - strangers/sojourners
*yōʾkēlû*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they will eat

Word Meanings

*kədābrām*: according to their pasture/as in their own pasture/as they are led
*ḥārbôt*: ruins/waste places/desolate places
*mēḥîm*: fat ones/rich ones/fatlings
*gārîm*: strangers/sojourners/aliens

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Referenced Verses

Isa 7:25 : 25 And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.
Zeph 2:6 : 6 And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
Zeph 2:14 : 14 And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.
Luke 21:24 : 24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
Isa 10:16 : 16 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.
Isa 17:2 : 2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
Isa 32:14 : 14 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;
Isa 40:11 : 11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
Isa 65:10 : 10 And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me.
Jer 5:28 : 28 They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
Lam 5:2 : 2 Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
Hos 8:7 : 7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.
Amos 4:1-3 : 1 Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink. 2 The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks. 3 And ye shall go out at the breaches, every cow at that which is before her; and ye shall cast them into the palace, saith the LORD.
Mic 2:12 : 12 I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men.
Deut 28:33 : 33 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:
Deut 32:15 : 15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
Neh 9:37 : 37 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 are in great distress.
Ps 17:10 : 10 They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
Ps 17:14 : 14 From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
Ps 73:7 : 7 Their eyes stand out{H8804)} with fatness: they have more{H8804)} than heart could wish.
Ps 119:70 : 70 Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.
Isa 1:7 : 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.
Isa 7:21-22 : 21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep; 22 And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.

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