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:

19 Which say, [c]Let him make speed: let him hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, that we may know it.

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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.
  3. Isaiah 5:19 He showeth what are the words of the wicked, when they are menaced with God’s judgments, 2 Pet. 3:4.

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