Isaiah 5:17
17 Then shall the lambs [kebes] feed [ra`ah] after their
manner, [dober] and the waste places [chorbah] of the fat ones [meach]
shall strangers [guwr] eat. ['akal] KJV-Interlinear
17 Then
the lambs will graze as in their pasture, And strangers will eat in the waste
places of the wealthy. NASB
The devastation by the
Lord will be so great and so complete, that the homes, the cities, the regions
that were once occupied by people, especially the elite of society, will be
utterly empty of life.
What will remain, will be
the animals, domestic and otherwise. They will roam free, having no fences, no
barriers to keep them in place, nothing to prevent them from roaming at their
leisure.
And since the local
population will be destroyed, then those who will come in to occupy what was
once there, will be strangers, foreigners, or folks that did not originally
live there, but will move in from another place.
These events will occur
to a lesser extent during the Babylonian invasion and captivity. But the real event of Gods destruction and
the total wipeout of the population, will not occur until the end days, during
the Tribulation.
It is then that the
worlds evil population will be destroyed, but animals will miraculously
survive.
Lambs, is a term that is
generally used throughout the scriptures to designate Gods people.
And so, after the last
and final destruction, it will not be evil people who will survive, but Gods
people, believers that have in one way or another, been in hiding and then will
come out of hiding, having been rescued, to then occupy the lands that will
have been destroyed, but had been occupied by the worlds evil population.
For anyone who is facing
difficulties, and have similarly been obedient to the mandates of Gods word,
having grown up in their spiritual life, then this verse is yet another of many
promises of rescue and deliverance in times of trouble.
Remain faithful to your
daily studies and utilize those studies in your daily life, thus enhancing your
spiritual growth, and there will always be a certainty of rescue by God from
disaster.
However, if you ignore
these words, and are indifferent toward God and doctrine, then what do you
suppose will be waiting for you?
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