Isaías 5:8

8 ¡Ay de los que juntan casa con casa, y agregan heredad a heredad hasta acabar el término! ¿Habitaréis vosotros solos en medio de la tierra

Isaías 5:8 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 5:8

Woe unto them that join house to house
Or "O ye that join"; for, as Aben Ezra observes, it signifies calling, as in ( Isaiah 55:1 ) though Jarchi takes it to be expressive of crying and groaning, on account of future punishments; and he observes, that as there are twenty two blessings pronounced in the book of Psalms, on those that keep the law, so there are twenty two woes pronounced by Isaiah upon the wicked: [that] lay field to field;
the sin of covetousness is exposed and condemned in these words; not that it is unlawful in itself for a man that has a house or field of his own to purchase another that is next unto it; but when he is insatiable, and not content with his houses and lands, but is always coveting more, this is his sin, and especially if he seeks to get them by fraud or force: till [there] be no place;
for others to dwell in and possess; and so the Targum,

``and say, until we possess every place;''

or "unto the end of the place" ^F24, city, or field; till they have got all the houses in the town or city, and all the pieces of ground in the field, in their own possession: that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth,
or land; that is, of Judea; wholly inhabit it themselves, and have the sole power and jurisdiction over it. It is in the Hebrew text ^F25 "that ye may be placed"; the Targum is,

``and they think they shall dwell alone in the midst of the land.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 (Mwqm opa de) "usque ad terminum loci", V. L.
F25 (Mtbvwhw) "constituamini", Vatablus, Forerius, Montanus; "colloeemini", Calvin.

Isaías 5:8 In-Context

6 haré que quede desierta; no será podada ni cavada; y crecerán el cardo y las espinas; y aun a las nubes mandaré que no derramen lluvia sobre ella

7 Ciertamente la viña del SEÑOR de los ejércitos es la casa de Israel, y todo hombre de Judá planta suya deleitosa. Esperaba juicio, y he aquí opresión; justicia, y he aquí clamor

8 ¡Ay de los que juntan casa con casa, y agregan heredad a heredad hasta acabar el término! ¿Habitaréis vosotros solos en medio de la tierra

9 Ha llegado a mis oídos de parte del SEÑOR de los ejércitos, que las muchas casas han de quedar asoladas, sin morador las grandes y hermosas

10 Y diez yugadas de viña producirán un bato, y un homer de simiente dará un efa