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Isaiah 5

Isa. 5:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then shall the lambs
kebes (Hebrew #3532)
a ram (just old enough to butt)
KJV usage: lamb, sheep.
Pronounce: keh-bes'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to dominate
feed
ra`ah (Hebrew #7462)
to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)
KJV usage: X break, companion, keep company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use as a friend, make friendship with, herdman, keep (sheep)(-er), pastor, + shearing house, shepherd, wander, waste.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
after their manner
dober (Hebrew #1699)
a pasture (from its arrangement of the flock)
KJV usage: fold, manner.
Pronounce: do'-ber
Origin: from 1696 (in its original sense)
, and the waste places
chorbah (Hebrew #2723)
properly, drought, i.e. (by implication) a desolation
KJV usage: decayed place, desolate (place, -tion), destruction, (laid) waste (place).
Pronounce: khor-baw'
Origin: feminine of 2721
of the fat ones
meach (Hebrew #4220)
fat; figuratively, rich
KJV usage: fatling (one).
Pronounce: may'-akh
Origin: from 4229 in the sense of greasing
shall strangers
guwr (Hebrew #1481)
properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e. sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); also to gather for hostility (as afraid)
KJV usage: abide, assemble, be afraid, dwell, fear, gather (together), inhabitant, remain, sojourn, stand in awe, (be) stranger, X surely.
Pronounce: goor
Origin: a primitive root
eat
'akal (Hebrew #398)
to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.
Pronounce: aw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
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Cross References

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shall the lambs.
Isa. 7:21‑22,25• 21And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow and two sheep,
 22and it shall come to pass, from the abundance of milk they shall give, that he shall eat butter; for every one that remaineth in the midst of the land shall eat butter and honey.
 25And all mountains that have been dug up with the hoe--thither will they not come, from fear of briars and thorns; and they shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of small cattle. (Isa. 7:21‑22,25)
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Isa. 17:2• 2The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks; and they shall lie down and there shall be none to make them afraid. (Isa. 17:2)
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Isa. 32:14• 14For the palace shall be deserted, the multitude of the city shall be forsaken; hill and watchtower shall be caves for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks; (Isa. 32:14)
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Isa. 40:11• 11He will feed his flock like a shepherd: he will gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom; he will gently lead those that give suck. (Isa. 40:11)
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Isa. 65:10• 10And the Sharon shall be a fold for flocks, and the valley of Achor a couching-place of the herds, for my people that have sought me. (Isa. 65:10)
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Zeph. 2:6,14• 6and the sea-coast shall be cave-dwellings for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
 14And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the crowd of beasts; both the pelican and the bittern shall lodge in the chapiters thereof; a voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be on the thresholds: for he hath laid bare the cedar work. (Zeph. 2:6,14)
the waste.
Isa. 10:16• 16Therefore shall the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness, and under his glory he shall kindle a burning, like the burning of a fire: (Isa. 10:16)
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Deut. 32:15• 15Then Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked--Thou art waxen fat, Thou art grown thick, And thou art covered with fatness;--He gave up +God who made him, And lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. (Deut. 32:15)
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Psa. 17:10,14• 10They are enclosed in their own fat; with their mouth they speak proudly.
 14From men who are thy hand, O Jehovah, from men of this age: their portion is in this life, and their belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure; they have their fill of sons, and leave the rest of their substance to their children. (Psa. 17:10,14)
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Psa. 73:7• 7Their eyes stand out from fatness, they exceed the imaginations of their heart: (Psa. 73:7)
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Psa. 119:70• 70Their heart is as fat as grease: as for me, I delight in thy law. (Psa. 119:70)
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Jer. 5:28• 28They are become fat, they shine, yea, they surpass in deeds of wickedness; they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, and they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not adjudge. (Jer. 5:28)
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Amos 4:1‑3• 1Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, that oppress the poor, that crush the needy, that say to their lords, Bring, and let us drink:
 2the Lord Jehovah hath sworn by his holiness, that behold, days shall come upon you, when he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fish-hooks;
 3and ye shall go out by the breaches, every one straight before her, and ye shall be cast out to Harmon, saith Jehovah. (Amos 4:1‑3)
strangers.
Isa. 1:7• 7Your country is desolate; your cities are burned with fire; your land, strangers eat it up in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers. (Isa. 1:7)
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Deut. 28:33• 33The fruit of thy ground and all thy labour, shall a people that thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed continually. (Deut. 28:33)
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Neh. 9:37• 37And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: and they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure; and we are in great distress. (Neh. 9:37)
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Lam. 5:2• 2Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. (Lam. 5:2)
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Hos. 8:7• 7For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk; should it sprout, it would yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up. (Hos. 8:7)
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Luke 21:24• 24And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and be led captive into all the nations; and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the nations until the times of the nations be fulfilled. (Luke 21:24)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the lambs shall feed as on their pasture, and the waste places of the fat onesi shall strangers eat.

JND Translation Notes

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i.e. rich men.