Isaiah 5:17
Strong's Lexicon
Lambs
כְבָשִׂ֖ים (ḵə·ḇā·śîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3532: 1) lamb, sheep, young ram

will graze
וְרָע֥וּ (wə·rā·‘ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 7462: 1) to pasture, tend, graze, feed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to tend, pasture 1a1a) to shepherd 1a1b) of ruler, teacher (fig) 1a1c) of people as flock (fig) 1a1d) shepherd, herdsman (subst) 1a2) to feed, graze 1a2a) of cows, sheep etc (literal) 1a2b) of idolater, Israel as flock (fig) 1b) (Hiphil) shepherd, shepherdess 2) to associate with, be a friend of (meaning probable) 2a) (Qal) to associate with 2b) (Hithpael) to be companions 3) (Piel) to be a special friend

as in their own pastures,
כְּדָבְרָ֑ם (kə·ḏā·ḇə·rām)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1699: 1) pasture 2) word, speaking

and strangers
גָּרִ֥ים (gā·rîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1481: 1) to sojourn, abide, dwell in, dwell with, remain, inhabit, be a stranger, be continuing, surely 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to sojourn, dwell for a time 1a2) to abide, stay, temporarily dwell 1b) (Hithpolel) 1b1) to seek hospitality with 1b2) to assemble oneself 2) to stir up trouble, strife, quarrel, gather together 2a) (Qal) 2a1) to stir up strife 2a2) to quarrel 2b) (Hithpolel) to excite oneself 3) to dread, fear, stand in awe, be afraid 3a) (Qal) 3a1) to fear, be afraid 3a2) to be in awe, stand in awe

will feed
יֹאכֵֽלוּ׃ (yō·ḵê·lū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 398: 1) to eat, devour, burn up, feed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to eat (human subject) 1a2) to eat, devour (of beasts and birds) 1a3) to devour, consume (of fire) 1a4) to devour, slay (of sword) 1a5) to devour, consume, destroy (inanimate subjects - ie, pestilence, drought) 1a6) to devour (of oppression) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be eaten (by men) 1b2) to be devoured, consumed (of fire) 1b3) to be wasted, destroyed (of flesh) 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to cause to eat, feed with 1c2) to cause to devour 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to feed 1d2) to cause to eat 1e) (Piel) 1e1) consume

in the ruins
וְחָרְב֥וֹת (wə·ḥā·rə·ḇō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 2723: 1) a place laid waste, ruin, waste, desolation

of the wealthy.
מֵחִ֖ים (mê·ḥîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4220: 1) fatling, fat one

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Lambs will graze as in their own pastures, and strangers will feed in the ruins of the wealthy.

Young's Literal Translation
And fed have lambs according to their leading, And waste places of the fat ones Do sojourners consume.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Lambs will graze as if in their own pastures, and strangers will eat among the ruins of the rich.

New American Standard Bible
Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture, And strangers will eat in the waste places of the wealthy.

King James Bible
Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Then sheep will graze as in their own pasture; lambs will feed among the ruins of the rich.

New Living Translation
In that day lambs will find good pastures, and fattened sheep and young goats will feed among the ruins.

English Standard Version
Then shall the lambs graze as in their pasture, and nomads shall eat among the ruins of the rich.

New American Standard Bible
Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture, And strangers will eat in the waste places of the wealthy.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Lambs will graze as if in their own pastures, and strangers will eat among the ruins of the rich.

International Standard Version
Then the lambs will graze in their pasture; fatlings and foreigners will eat among the waste places of the rich."

NET Bible
Lambs will graze as if in their pastures, amid the ruins the rich sojourners will graze.

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

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

Young's Literal Translation
And fed have lambs according to their leading, And waste places of the fat ones Do sojourners consume.
















Cross References
Isaiah 7:25
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.

Hosea 4:16
For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.

Micah 2:12
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.

Zephaniah 2:6
And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.

Isaiah 1:1
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

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

Isaiah 5:15
And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:

Isaiah 5:14
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.

Isaiah 5:18
Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:

Isaiah 5:19
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 5:20
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
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