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17 Then sheep will graze as if they were in their own grasslands.
    Lambs will eat grass among the destroyed buildings
    where rich people used to live.

18 How terrible it will be for those who continue to sin
    and lie about it!
How terrible for those who keep on doing what is evil
    as if they were tied to it!
19 How terrible for those who say,
    “Let God hurry up and do what he says he will.
    We want to see it happen.
Let us see the plan of the Holy One of Israel.
    We want to know what it is.”

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17 Then sheep will graze as in their own pasture;(A)
    lambs will feed[a] among the ruins of the rich.

18 Woe(B) to those who draw sin along with cords(C) of deceit,
    and wickedness(D) as with cart ropes,
19 to those who say, “Let God hurry;
    let him hasten(E) his work
    so we may see it.
The plan of the Holy One(F) of Israel—
    let it approach, let it come into view,
    so we may know it.”(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 5:17 Septuagint; Hebrew / strangers will eat

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

18 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:

19 That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!

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