Cross references

Isaiah 5:17

Lambs will graze as in their own pastures,

and strangers

will feed in the ruins of the wealthy.

Isaiah 5:17 BSB
  1. a LXX lambs

Isaiah 5:17 has 23 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 3 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Zephaniah 2:6 (5 votes) and Isaiah 7:25 (4 votes). 13 other verses point back to it. It links with 12 other books, from Exodus 15 to Luke 21.

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Which verses does Isaiah 5:17 point to?

The 20 strongest of 23, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. So the seacoast will become a land of pastures, with wells for shepherds and folds for sheep.

  2. For fear of the briers and thorns, you will no longer traverse the hills once tilled by the hoe; they will become places for oxen to graze and sheep to trample.

  3. Herds will lie down in her midst, creatures of every kind. Both the desert owl and screech owl will roost atop her pillars. Their calls will sound from the window, but desolation will lie on the threshold, for He will expose the beams of cedar.

  4. A people you do not know will eat the produce of your land and of all your toil. All your days you will be oppressed and crushed.

  5. But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.

  6. Its abundant harvest goes to the kings You have set over us because of our sins. And they rule over our bodies and our livestock as they please. We are in great distress.

  7. They have closed their callous hearts; their mouths speak with arrogance.

  8. from such men, O LORD, by Your hand—from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.

  9. Psalm 73:72 votes

    From their prosperity proceeds iniquity; the imaginations of their hearts run wild.

  10. Their hearts are callous and insensitive, but I delight in Your law.

  11. Isaiah 1:72 votes

    Your land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire. Foreigners devour your fields before you—a desolation demolished by strangers.

  12. Hosea 8:72 votes

Which verses point to Isaiah 5:17?

The 10 strongest of 13.