But he dwells in ruined cities, in houses which no one lives in, which have been ready to become heaps.
Isaiah 5:8 - The Scriptures 2009 Woe to those who join house to house, who add field to field, until there is no room, and you are made to dwell alone in the midst of the land! Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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! Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Woe to those who join house to house [and by violently expelling the poorer occupants enclose large acreage] and join field to field until there is no place for others and you are made to dwell alone in the midst of the land! American Standard Version (1901) Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no room, and ye be made to dwell alone in the midst of the land! Common English Bible Doom to those who acquire house after house, who annex field to field until there is no more space left and only you live alone in the land. Catholic Public Domain Version Woe to you who join house to house, and who combine field to field, even to the limits of the place! Do you intend to live alone in the midst of the earth? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Woe to you that join house to house and lay field to field, even to the end of the place: shall you alone dwell in the midst of the earth? |
But he dwells in ruined cities, in houses which no one lives in, which have been ready to become heaps.
There is no left-over after he has eaten, therefore his good does not last.
He who is greedy for gain, troubles his own house, But he who hates bribes lives.
“Son of man, your brothers, your relatives, your kinsmen, and all the house of Yisra’ĕl, all of it, are those about whom the inhabitants of Yerushalayim said, ‘Keep far from יהוה, this land has been given to us as a possession.’
“Son of man, they who inhabit those ruins in the land of Yisra’ĕl are saying, ‘Aḇraham was only one, and he inherited the land. But we are many, let the land be given to us as a possession.’
Thus said יהוה, “For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I do not turn it back, because they ripped open the pregnant women in Gil‛aḏ, to enlarge their border.
Woe to those plotting wickedness, and working out evil upon their beds! In the light of the morning they practise it, because it is in the might of their hand.
And they coveted fields and seized them, also houses, and took them away. And they oppressed a man and his house, a man and his inheritance.
“Shall not all these lift up a proverb against him, and a mocking riddle against him, and say, ‘Woe to him who increases what is not his! Till when is he to load on himself many pledges’?
“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the reign of the heavens before men, for you do not go in, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.