Isaiah 5:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

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

Isaiah 5:17

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