Isaiah 5:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Isa 7:25 : 25 And on all hills that shall be dug with the mattock, there shall not come 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 seacoast 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 at 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 trampled down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
  • Isa 10:16 : 16 Therefore the Lord, the Lord of hosts, shall 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 no one shall make them afraid.
  • Isa 32:14 : 14 Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the bustle of the city shall be abandoned; the forts and towers shall become dens forever, a joy of wild donkeys, 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 Sharon shall be a fold for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down, for my people who have sought me.
  • Jer 5:28 : 28 They have grown fat, they shine: yes, they surpass the deeds of the wicked: they do not judge the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy they do not judge.
  • Lam 5:2 : 2 Our inheritance is given to strangers, our houses to foreigners.
  • Hos 8:7 : 7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. It has no stalk; the bud shall yield no meal. If it does yield, strangers shall swallow it up.
  • Amos 4:1-3 : 1 Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to their masters, 'Bring, and let us drink.' 2 The Lord GOD has sworn by his holiness, that, behold, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your descendants with fishhooks. 3 And you shall go out at the breaches, each cow straight ahead, and you shall cast them into the palace, says the LORD.
  • Mic 2:12 : 12 I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of you; 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 people.
  • Deut 28:33 : 33 The fruit of your land, and all your labors, shall a nation which you know not eat up; and you shall be only oppressed and crushed always:
  • Deut 32:15 : 15 But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked: you have grown fat, you have grown thick, you are covered with fatness; then he forsook God who made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
  • Neh 9:37 : 37 And it yields much increase to the kings You have set over us because of our sins; also, they have dominion over our bodies and our cattle at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.
  • Ps 17:10 : 10 They are enclosed in their own fat; with their mouth they speak proudly.
  • Ps 17:14 : 14 From men who are your hand, O LORD, from men of the world who have their portion in this life, and whose belly you fill with your hidden treasure; they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babies.
  • Ps 73:7 : 7 Their eyes bulge with abundance; they have more than heart could wish.
  • Ps 119:70 : 70 Their heart is as fat as grease, but I delight in Your 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, because of the abundance of milk that they shall give, he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall everyone eat who is left in the land.

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  • Ezek 34:2-3
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    2 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD to the shepherds; Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flocks?

    3 You eat the fat, and clothe yourselves with the wool, you kill them that are fed: but you do not feed the flock.

  • Ezek 34:14-20
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    14 I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a rich pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.

    15 I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, says the Lord GOD.

    16 I will seek that which was lost, and bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.

    17 And as for you, O my flock, thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, between the rams and the goats.

    18 Does it seem a small thing to you to have eaten up the good pasture, but you must tread down with your feet the rest of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but you must foul the rest with your feet?

    19 And as for my flock, they eat what you have trodden with your feet; and they drink what you have fouled with your feet.

    20 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD to them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.

  • Zech 11:16
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    16 For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will not care for those who are cut off, nor seek the young, nor heal the broken, nor feed what stands still. But he will eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their hooves in pieces.

  • Isa 65:25
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    25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox, and dust shall be the serpent's food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain,' says the LORD.

  • Zech 11:4-5
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    4 Thus says the LORD my God: Feed the flock of the slaughter.

    5 Whose owners slay them and hold themselves not guilty. And those who sell them say, 'Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich.' And their own shepherds do not pity them.

  • Ezek 39:18-19
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    18 You shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.

    19 And you shall eat fat till you are full, and drink blood till you are drunk, at my sacrificial feast which I have prepared for you.

  • Lev 7:24-25
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    24 And the fat of an animal that dies of itself, and the fat of an animal that is torn by beasts, may be used for any other purpose: but you shall not eat of it.

    25 For whoever eats the fat of the animal of which men offer an offering made by fire to the LORD, even the soul who eats it shall be cut off from his people.

  • Isa 27:10
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    10 Yet the fortified city shall be desolate, the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall it lie down and consume its branches.

  • Jer 25:34-37
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    34 Wail, you shepherds, and cry; and wallow in the ashes, you leaders of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and your dispersions are fulfilled; and you shall fall like a pleasant vessel.

    35 And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the leaders of the flock to escape.

    36 A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and a wailing of the leaders of the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD has plundered their pasture.

    37 And the peaceful habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the LORD.

  • Ps 37:20
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    20 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs; they shall consume; into smoke they shall vanish away.

  • Mic 7:13-14
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    13 Yet the land shall be desolate because of those who dwell in it, for the fruit of their doings.

    14 Feed your people with your rod, the flock of your heritage, who dwell solitarily in the woodland, in the midst of Carmel; let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

  • Ezek 34:5
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    5 And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became food for all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.

  • Isa 11:6-7
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    6 The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat; the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.

    7 And the cow and the bear shall graze; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

  • Deut 12:22
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    22 Just as the gazelle and the deer are eaten, so you may eat them; the unclean and the clean alike may eat them.

  • Hos 4:16
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    16 For Israel is stubborn like a stubborn calf: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large space.

  • Lev 25:7
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    7 And for your cattle, and for the beasts that are in your land, shall all its increase be for food.

  • Jer 23:1-2
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    1 Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says the LORD.

    2 Therefore, thus says the LORD God of Israel against the shepherds who feed my people: You have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your deeds, says the LORD.

  • Ezek 45:15
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    15 And one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, from the rich pastures of Israel; for a meat offering, and for a burnt offering, and for peace offerings, to make reconciliation for them, says the Lord GOD.

  • Isa 56:9
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    9 All you beasts of the field, come to devour, yes, all you beasts in the forest.

  • Isa 61:5
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    5 And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of foreigners shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.

  • Ezek 34:7-8
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    7 Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;

    8 As I live, says the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became food for every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, nor did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and did not feed my flock;

  • Isa 7:21-22
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    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, because of the abundance of milk that they shall give, he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall everyone eat who is left in the land.

  • Jer 7:33
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    33 And the carcasses of this people will be meat for the birds of the sky, and for the beasts of the earth; and none will fray them away.

  • Isa 17:4
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    4 And on that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall grow lean.

  • Jer 50:19
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    19 And I will bring Israel again to his dwelling place, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied on Mount Ephraim and Gilead.

  • Zech 11:9
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    9 Then I said, I will not feed you. Let what dies die, and what is to be cut off, let it be cut off. Let those that remain eat each other's flesh.

  • Jer 5:17
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    17 And they shall eat up your harvest, and your bread, which your sons and your daughters should eat: they shall eat up your flocks and your herds: they shall eat up your vines and your fig trees: they shall impoverish your fortified cities, wherein you trusted, with the sword.

  • Isa 5:16
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    16 But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God who is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.

  • Deut 14:4
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    4 These are the animals which you shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,

  • Jer 7:21
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    21 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices, and eat meat.

  • Ezek 34:10
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    10 Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; nor shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be food for them.

  • Rev 7:17
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    17 For the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and will lead them to living fountains of waters; and God will wipe away all tears from their eyes.