Isaiah 5:17

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

Cross-reference

Isaiah 7:25 Parallel

Isaiah 7:25 says hills become places where cattle and sheep tread, directly matching the lambs grazing in pastures of Isaiah 5:17.

Isaiah 10:16 uses 'stout ones' (fat ones) to describe Assyria's judgment, directly linking to the 'fat ones' whose ruins become pasture in 5:17.

Isaiah 17:2 Parallel

Isaiah 17:2 says forsaken cities will be for flocks lying down, exactly the same image as lambs grazing in ruins in Isaiah 5:17.

Isaiah 32:14 depicts the deserted city becoming a pasture of flocks, directly paralleling the pastoral ruin scene in Isaiah 5:17.

Isaiah 14:30 promises the poor will find pasture while the proud are destroyed — the exact reversal of 5:17, applied to Philistia.

Isaiah 49:9 Contrast

Isaiah 49:9 pictures exiles feeding in barren places as restoration — reversing the judgment scene where lambs graze among ruins.

Isaiah 65:10 promises pasture for flocks as a blessing, contrasting the judgment aftermath of lambs grazing in ruins in Isaiah 5:17.

Isaiah 7:21 Parallel

Isaiah 7:21 describes keeping a few livestock after judgment, similar to the lambs grazing in ruins in Isaiah 5:17.

Deuteronomy 32:15 uses the same 'fat' metaphor for Israel's pride and rebellion that leads to judgment, paralleling the 'fat ones' of 5:17.

Zephaniah 2:14 reinforces the image of animals occupying ruins after divine judgment, echoing the reversal where the humble graze where the proud once lived.

Zephaniah 2:6 says the seacoast becomes pastures for flocks, directly mirroring the lambs grazing in ruins of Isaiah 5:17.

Amos 4:1-3 calls wealthy oppressors 'cows of Bashan,' a clear parallel to the 'fat ones' in 5:17 facing judgment and desolation.

Hosea 8:7 Parallel

Hosea 8:7 warns that strangers will devour Israel's crops due to idolatry — the same foreign consumption as divine judgment.

Lamentations 5:2 laments that Israel's inheritance is given to foreigners — a direct fulfillment of the judgment depicted in Isaiah 5:17.

Jeremiah 5:28 directly describes the wicked as 'grown fat and sleek' while oppressing the needy, the same group as the 'fat ones' in 5:17.

Psalm 119:70 uses 'heart as fat as grease' to describe the proud, exactly the same image of hard-hearted wealth found in 5:17.

Psalm 73:7 Parallel

Psalm 73:7 says their eyes stand out with fatness, a strong metaphor for arrogant prosperity, mirroring the 'fat ones' in 5:17.

Psalm 17:10 Parallel

Psalm 17:10 describes the wicked as 'enclosed in their own fat,' a metaphor for callous pride, matching the 'fat ones' in 5:17 who are judged.

Nehemiah 9:37 confesses that foreign kings consume the land's produce because of sin — echoing the reversal of fortunes in Isaiah 5:17.

Deuteronomy 28:33 describes the covenant curse where strangers devour Israel's produce — the same judgment Isaiah applies to the wealthy.

Ezekiel 34:16 has God feeding the weak with judgment and destroying the fat/strong — mirroring the fate of the rich in Isaiah 5:17.

Luke 21:24 Parallel

Luke 21:24 foretells Jerusalem trampled by Gentiles — a NT echo of the pattern where outsiders take over God's land in judgment.

Psalm 17:14 Parallel

Psalm 17:14 depicts the wicked satisfied with earthly abundance, which parallels the 'fat ones' in 5:17 whose wealth is taken away.