Isaiah 5:8

Woe to those who join house to house, 2 who lay field to field, until there is no room, 2 and you are made to dwell alone in the middle of the land! 1

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In The King James Version

Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!

In Context

7For the vineyard of Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies] is the house of Israel [God prevails], 2 and the men of Judah [Praised] his pleasant plant: 2 and he looked for mishpat ·justice·, but, behold, oppression; 2 for righteousness, but, behold, a cry of distress. 1

9In my ears, Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies] says: “Surely many houses will be desolate, 2 even great and beautiful, unoccupied. 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 15:27He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, 2 but he who hates bribes will live. 1

Matthew 23:13+ 23:13. MP: At the time of Messiah’s coming, Israel will have unfit leaders. (Zech 11:4-6) “Woe to you, Torah-Teachers and Pharisees [Separated], hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 5:2-8

Israel Compared to a Vineyard. ( b. c. 758.) 1 Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: 2 And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes. 3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me… Read the whole commentary →

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