Isaiah 5:17

15 People shall be brought down,
^aEach man shall be humbled,
And the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled.

16 But the Lord of hosts shall be ^aexalted in judgment,
And God who is holy shall be hallowed in righteousness.

17 Then the lambs shall feed in their pasture,
And in the waste places of ^athe fat ones strangers shall eat.

18 Woe to those who¹ draw iniquity with cords of vanity,
And sin as if with a cart rope;

19 ^aThat 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 near and come,
That we may know it.”

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Isaiah 5:17

The lambs "And the kids" - gerim , "strangers." The Septuagint read, more agreeably to the design of the prophet, carim , , "the lambs." gedayim , "the kids," Dr. Durell; nearer to the present reading: and so Archbishop Secker. The meaning is, their luxurious habitations shall be so entirely destroyed as to become a pasture for flocks.

After their manner "Without restraint" - kedobram , secundum duetum eorum; i.e. suo ipsorum ductu ; as their own will shall lead them.

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