Isaiah 5:17-19
1599 Geneva Bible
17 Then shall [a]the lambs feed after their manner, and the strangers shall eat the desolate places of the fat.
18 ¶ Woe unto them that draw iniquity with [b]cords of vanity, and sin, as with cart ropes:
19 Which say, [c]Let him make speed: let him 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.
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- Isaiah 5:17 God comforteth the poor lambs of his Church, which had been strangers in other countries, promising that they should dwell in these places again, whereof they had been deprived by the fat and cruel tyrants.
- Isaiah 5:18 Which use all allurements, occasions, and excuses to harden their conscience in sin.
- Isaiah 5:19 He showeth what are the words of the wicked, when they are menaced with God’s judgments, 2 Pet. 3:4.
Isaiah 5:17-19
New King James Version
17 Then the lambs shall feed in their pasture,
And in the waste places of (A)the [a]fat ones strangers shall eat.
18 Woe to those who [b]draw iniquity with cords of [c]vanity,
And sin as if with a cart rope;
19 (B)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 near and come,
That we may know it.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 5:17 Lit. fatlings, rich ones
- Isaiah 5:18 drag
- Isaiah 5:18 emptiness or falsehood
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