Isaiah 5:17

Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data

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

Word-by-Word Analysis

Then shall the

כֶּבֶשׂ

kebes

H3532

a ram (just old enough to butt)

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רָעָה

râʻâh

H7462

to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a frien...

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אַחַר

ʼachar

H310

properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)

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their

מִשְׁפָּט

mishpâṭ

H4941

properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind...

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and the

חָרַב

chârab

H2717

to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, kill

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בָּמָה

bâmâh

H1116

an elevation

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of the

חֶלֶב

cheleb

H2459

fat, whether literally or figuratively; hence, the richest or choice part

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טַף

ṭaph

H2945

a family (mostly used collectively in the singular)

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shall

זוּר

zûwr

H2114

to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be aforeigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery

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אָכַל

ʼâkal

H398

to eat (literally or figuratively)

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Key Terms in This Verse

waste H2717

חָרַב chârab

to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, kill

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ones H2945

טַף ṭaph

a family (mostly used collectively in the singular)

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strangers H2114

זוּר zûwr

to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be aforeigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery

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lambs H3532

כֶּבֶשׂ kebes

a ram (just old enough to butt)

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feed H7462

רָעָה râʻâh

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)

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fat H2459

חֶלֶב cheleb

fat, whether literally or figuratively; hence, the richest or choice part

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manner H4941

מִשְׁפָּט mishpâṭ

properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the pla...

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places H1116

בָּמָה bâmâh

an elevation

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eat H398

אָכַל ʼâkal

to eat (literally or figuratively)

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after H310

אַחַר ʼachar

properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)

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Cross References

Zephaniah 2:6 cross-reference

And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.

Isaiah 7:25 cross-reference

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...

Zephaniah 2:14 cross-reference

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; desolati...

Luke 21:24 cross-reference

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.

Psalm 119:70 cross-reference

Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.

Psalm 17:10 cross-reference

They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.

Isaiah 65:10 cross-reference

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.

Hosea 8:7 cross-reference

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.

Isaiah 10:16 cross-reference

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.

Deuteronomy 28:33 cross-reference

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:

Micah 2:12 cross-reference

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 grea...

Nehemiah 9:37 cross-reference

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 distre...

Psalm 73:7 cross-reference

Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.

Jeremiah 5:28 cross-reference

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.

Deuteronomy 32:15 cross-reference

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.

Isaiah 40:11 cross-reference

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.

Isaiah 1:7 cross-reference

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.

Isaiah 32:14 cross-reference

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;

Psalm 17:14 cross-reference

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 ...

Lamentations 5:2 cross-reference

Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.

Isaiah 17:2 cross-reference

The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

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