Job 15:28
he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become rubble.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
27Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with flesh,
29He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not overspread the land.
Cross References
Job 3:14with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves cities now in ruins,
Isaiah 5:8Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no place is left and you live alone in the land.
Jeremiah 26:18“Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and told all the people of Judah that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.’
Micah 3:12Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.
Matthew Henry on Job 15:18-35
17 I will show thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare; 18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it: 19 Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them. 20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor. 21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. 22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword. 23 He wandereth… Read the whole commentary →