Isaiah 5:8

Woes for the Wicked

8 Woe to those who 1add house to house and join field to field, Until there is no more room, So that you have to live alone in the midst of the land!

Isaiah 5:8 In-Context

6 "I will lay it waste; It will not be pruned or hoed, But briars and thorns will come up. I will also charge the clouds to rain no rain on it."
7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel And the men of Judah His delightful plant. Thus He looked for justice, but behold, bloodshed; For righteousness, but behold, a cry of distress.
8 Woe to those who add house to house and join field to field, Until there is no more room, So that you have to live alone in the midst of the land!
9 In my ears the LORD of hosts has sworn, "Surely , many houses shall become desolate, Even great and fine ones, without occupants.
10 "For ten acres of vineyard will yield only one bath of wine, And a homer of seed will yield but an ephah of grain."

Cross References 1

  • 1. Jeremiah 22:13-17; Micah 2:2; Habakkuk 2:9-12
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