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15 And humankind is bowed down,
    and man is brought low,
    and the eyes of the haughty are humiliated.
16 But Yahweh of hosts is exalted by justice,
    and the holy God shows himself holy by righteousness.
17 And then the lambs will graze as in their pasture,
    and fatlings, kids[a] will eat among the sites of ruins.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 5:17 Following the Septuagint, which reads the Hebrew grym (resident aliens) as gdym (young goats/sheep)
  2. Isaiah 5:17 Literally “and ruins, fatlings, resident aliens, will eat”

15 Humanity is brought low, man is humbled,
and haughty eyes are humbled.(A)
16 But the Lord of Hosts is exalted by His justice,(B)
and the holy God(C) is distinguished by righteousness.(D)
17 Lambs will graze
as if in[a] their own pastures,(E)
and strangers[b] will eat
among the ruins of the rich.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 5:17 Syr reads graze in
  2. Isaiah 5:17 LXX reads sheep