Lambs will feed where once fattened cattle grazed, and kids will devour the ruins of the rich—the final image of the woes section shows the complete reversal of current order through depopulation and desolation. The image of small animals (lambs, kids) in the place of domesticated herds suggests wilderness reclaiming civilization; cultivated land returns to wilderness. The feeding on ruins (places where the rich once lived) emphasizes the complete destruction of the wealthy's holdings; their monuments become pasture for animals. This verse provides the final image of judgment: not merely loss of life and exile but transformation of the landscape itself. The reversal is complete: nature itself reclaims the land that had been ordered through human labor and wealth. This verse concludes the first woes section and prepares for the next movement in Isaiah 5 where the prophet introduces his call vision.

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