Isaías 5:17

Sagradas Escrituras

Y los corderos serán apacentados según su costumbre; y extraños comerán las gruesas desamparadas.

Parallel Translations

La Biblia de las Americas
Entonces pacerán los corderos como en su pastizal, y en los lugares desolados de los ricos, forasteros comerán.

La Biblia Reina-Valera
Y los corderos ser�n apacentados seg�n su costumbre; y extra�os comer�n las gruesas desamparadas.

La Biblia Reina-Valera Gomez
Y los corderos ser�n apacentados seg�n su costumbre; y extra�os devorar�n los campos desolados de los ricos.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

shall the lambs: Isaiah 7:21, Isaiah 7:22, Isaiah 7:25, Isaiah 17:2, Isaiah 32:14, Isaiah 40:11, Isaiah 65:10, Zephaniah 2:6, Zephaniah 2:14

the waste: Isaiah 10:16, Deuteronomy 32:15, Psalms 17:10, Psalms 17:14, Psalms 73:7, Psalms 119:70, Jeremiah 5:28, Amos 4:1-3

strangers: Isaiah 1:7, Deuteronomy 28:33, Nehemiah 9:37, Lamentations 5:2, Hosea 8:7, Luke 21:24

Reciprocal: Isaiah 14:30 - the poor Isaiah 49:9 - They shall feed Ezekiel 34:16 - but I

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then shall the lambs feed after their manner,.... That is, the people of God, the disciples of Christ, either apostles and ministers of the Gospel, whom he sent forth as lambs among wolves,

Luke 10:3 who fed the flock of Christ after their usual manner, and as directed by him; even with knowledge and understanding, by the ministry of the word, and administration of ordinances; or the people of God fed by them, who are comparable to lambs for their harmlessness and innocence; and who feed in green pastures, "according as they are led"; as the word used may be rendered f; or "according to their word"; the doctrine of the ministers of the Gospel, by whom they are instructed and directed to feed on Christ, as he is held forth in the word and ordinances. The Targum is,

"and the righteous shall be fed as is said of them;''

and so Jarchi and Kimchi interpret it of the righteous:

and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat; that is, the Gentiles, who are aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise; the other sheep that were not of the Jewish fold, Ephesians 2:12 these shall come in the room of the fat ones of the land of Judea, the rulers, elders, Scribes, and Pharisees; and feed on those pastures which were despised and left desolate by them; enjoy the Gospel they put away from them, and the ordinances of it, which they rejected. The Targum is,

"and they shall be multiplied, and the substance of the ungodly shall the righteous possess.''

f כדברם "juxta ductum suum", Montanus, Vatablus; "juxta verbum ipsorum", Forerius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Then shall the lambs feed - This verse is very variously interpreted. Most of the Hebrew commentators have followed the Chaldee interpretation, and have regarded it as desired to console the pious part of the people with the assurance of protection in the general calamity. The Chaldee is, ‘Then the just shall feed, as it is said, to them; and they shall be multiplied, and shall possess the property of the inpious.’ By this interpretation, “lambs” are supposed, as is frequently the case in the Scriptures, to represent the people of God. But according to others, the probable design of the prophet is, to denote the state of utter desolation that was coming upon the nation. Its cities, towns, and palaces would be destroyed, so as to become a vast pasturage where the flocks would roam at pleasure.

After their manner - Hebrew, ‘According to their word,’ that is, under their own “command,” or at pleasure. They would go where they pleased without being obstructed by fences.

And the waste places of the fat ones - Most of the ancient interpreters suppose, that the waste places of the fat ones here refer to the desolate habitations of the rich people; in the judgments that should come upon the nation, they would become vacant, and strangers would come in and possess them. This is the sense given by the Chaldee. The Syriac translates it, ‘And foreigners shall devour the ruins which are yet to be restored.’ If this is the sense, then it accords with the “first” interpretation suggested of the previous verse - that the pious should be fed, and that the proud should be desolate, and their property pass into the hands of strangers. By others (Gesenius, etc.), it is supposed to mean that strangers, or foreigners, would come in, and fatten their cattle in the desert places of the nation. The land would be so utterly waste, that they would come there to fatten their cattle in the rank and wild luxuriancy that would spontaneously spring up. This sense will suit the connection of the passage; but there is some difficulty in making it out from the Hebrew. The Hebrew which is rendered ‘the waste places of the fat ones,’ may, however, be translated ‘the deserts that are rich - rank - luxuriant.’ The word “stranger” denotes “foreigners;” or those who are not “permanent” dwellers in the land.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 5:17. The lambs - "And the kids"] גרים gerim, "strangers." The Septuagint read, more agreeably to the design of the prophet, כרים carim, αρνες, "the lambs." גדים 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"] כדברם kedobram, secundum duetum eorum; i.e. suo ipsorum ductu; as their own will shall lead them.