16 And the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and the holy God shall be sanctified in justice.

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:

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Footnotes

  1. 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.
  2. Isaiah 5:18 Which use all allurements, occasions, and excuses to harden their conscience in sin.

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