Isaiah 5:8

Good News Translation

You are doomed! You buy more houses and fields to add to those you already have. Soon there will be no place for anyone else to live, and you alone will live in the land.

Cross References

Job 15:28

They are the ones who captured cities and seized houses whose owners had fled, but war will destroy those cities and houses.

Job 20:21

When they eat, there is nothing left over, but now their prosperity comes to an end.

Proverbs 15:27

Try to make a profit dishonestly, and you get your family in trouble. Don't take bribes and you will live longer.

Ezekiel 11:15

“Mortal man,” he said, “the people who live in Jerusalem are talking about you and those of your nation who are in exile. They say, ‘The exiles are too far away to worship the Lord. He has given us possession of the land.’

Ezekiel 33:24

“Mortal man,” he said, “the people who are living in the ruined cities of the land of Israel are saying: ‘Abraham was only one man, and he was given the whole land. There are many of us, so now the land is ours.’

Amos 1:13

The Lord says, “The people of Ammon have sinned again and again, and for this I will certainly punish them. In their wars for more territory they even ripped open pregnant women in Gilead.

Micah 2:1

How terrible it will be for those who lie awake and plan evil! When morning comes, as soon as they have the chance, they do the evil they planned.

Micah 2:2

When they want fields, they seize them; when they want houses, they take them. No one's family or property is safe.

Habakkuk 2:6

The conquered people will taunt their conquerors and show their scorn for them. They will say, “You take what isn't yours, but you are doomed! How long will you go on getting rich by forcing your debtors to pay up?”

Matthew 23:13

“How terrible for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You lock the door to the Kingdom of heaven in people's faces, but you yourselves don't go in, nor do you allow in those who are trying to enter!