Isaiah 5:8

New American Bible - revised edition

Ah! Those who join house to house, who connect field with field, Until no space remains, and you alone dwell in the midst of the land!

Cross References

Job 15:28

He shall dwell in ruined cities, in houses that are deserted, crumbling into rubble.

Job 20:21

None of his survivors will consume it, therefore his prosperity shall not endure.

Proverbs 15:27

The greedy tear down their own house, but those who hate bribes will live.

Ezekiel 11:15

Son of man, the inhabitants of Jerusalem are saying about all your relatives, the other exiles, and all the house of Israel, “They are far away from the Lord. The land is given to us as a possession.”

Ezekiel 33:24

Son of man, these who live among the ruins in the land of Israel are saying: “Abraham was only one person, yet he was given possession of the land. Since we are many, the land must be given to us as our possession.”

Amos 1:13

Thus says the Lord: For three crimes of the Ammonites, and now four— I will not take it back— Because they ripped open pregnant women in Gilead, in order to extend their territory,

Micah 2:1

Ah! you plotters of iniquity, who work out evil on your beds! In the morning light you carry it out for it lies within your power.

Micah 2:2

You covet fields, and seize them; houses, and take them; You cheat owners of their houses, people of their inheritance.

Habakkuk 2:6

Shall not all these take up a taunt against him, and make a riddle about him, saying: Ah! you who store up what is not yours —how long can it last!— you who load yourself down with collateral.

Matthew 23:13

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You lock the kingdom of heaven before human beings. You do not enter yourselves, nor do you allow entrance to those trying to enter. [