Isaiah 5:17 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 5:8-17

The world and the flesh are the two great enemies that we are in danger of being overpowered by; yet we are in no danger if we do not ourselves yield to them. Eagerness of the world, and indulgence of the flesh, are the two sins against which the prophet, in God's name, here denounces woes. These were sins which then abounded among the men of Judah, some of the wild grapes they brought forth (Isa. 5:4), and for which God threatens to bring ruin upon them. They are sins which we have all need... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 5:17

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... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 5:8-17

The appropriateness of God's punishments. Many of the punishments of sin follow in the way of natural consequence, and these are generally acknowledged to be fitting and appropriate; e . g . — I. IDLENESS IS PUNISHED BY WANT . "If a man will not work, neither shall he eat" ( 2 Thessalonians 3:10 ). Labor naturally produces wealth, or at any rate value of some kind; and those who work the hardest naturally acquire the most. The idle cannot complain if they have few of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 5:8-24

THE SIX WOES . After the general warning conveyed to Israel by the parable of the vineyard, six sins are particularized as those which have especially provoked God to give the warning. On each of these woe is denounced. Two have special punishments assigned to them ( Isaiah 5:8-17 ); the remainder are joined in one general threat of retribution ( Isaiah 5:18-24 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 5:11-22

The evil and the end of intemperance. When other evils have entered and other calamities have overtaken a state, intemperance is sure to make its black and hateful mark. These verses suggest— I. ITS TYRANNY . Such is its strength that it makes its devotees, t rise up early in the morning" ( Isaiah 5:11 ) in order to worship at its shrine. It is an unnatural and detestable action; the earliness of the hour of the day might well be pleaded as a proof of innocency ( Acts 2:15 ). But... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 5:13-17

The calamities of spiritual ignorance. The miseries which are unfolded in this passage are ascribed, in the thirteenth verse, to ignorance. "My people are gone, ere because they have no knowledge." But it is necessary to distinguish here. We must consider— I. THE IGNORANCE WHICH IS SPIRITUAL AND THEREFORE GUILTY . There is ignorance which is entirely mental and which is wholly guiltless; e.g. that of the little child who cannot understand some of the obligations into... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 5:17

Then shall the lambs feed . Dr. Kay takes the "lambs" to be the remnant of Israel that survived the judgment, who will feed freely, cared for by the good Shepherd; but the parallelism so generally affected by Isaiah seems to require a meaning more consonant with the later clause of the verse. Most commentators, therefore, expound the passage literally, "Then shall lambs feed [on the desolated estates of the covetous]" (see verses 8-10). After their manner ; or, after their own guidance ;... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 5:17

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... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 5:15-17

Isaiah 5:15-17. And the mean man, &c. All of them, both high and low, shall be brought to destruction. But the Lord shall be exalted in judgment By the execution of his just judgment upon his incorrigible enemies. And God that is holy shall be sanctified Shall appear to be a holy God; in righteousness That is, by displaying his righteousness, or executing his righteous judgments. Then, &c. When God shall have finished that work of judgment upon the ungodly, he will extend... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 5:8-17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 5:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 5:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 5:8-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 5:8-24

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 5:11-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 5:13-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 5:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 5:17

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 5:15-17

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