he lived in ruined cities, in houses which no one inhabits, which are ready to crumble into heaps.
Isaiah 5:8 - Tree of Life Version Woe to those who join house to house and merge field to field, until there is no room, and you will live alone in the midst of the land! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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? |
he lived in ruined cities, in houses which no one inhabits, which are ready to crumble into heaps.
Nothing remains for him to devour; therefore his prosperity will not last.
One greedy for gain troubles his household, but whoever hates bribes will live.
“Son of man, as for your kinsmen, your kinsmen, fellow exiles and the whole house of Israel—all of them—are those about whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem said, ‘Keep far away from Adonai! This land has been given to us for a possession!’”
“Son of man, the inhabitants of these ruins in the land of Israel keep saying, ‘Abraham was only one, yet he inherited the land. Since we are many, the land is given to us as a possession.’
Thus says Adonai: For three crimes of the sons of Ammon even for four, I will not relent. For they ripped open pregnant women of Gilead to expand their territory,
Oy to them who scheme wickedness, who work out evil upon their beds! In the light of the morning, they do it, for the power is in their hands.
They covet fields, so they seize them, or houses, and take them away. So they oppress a man and his house— a man and his inheritance.
Will not all take up a proverb against him or a scornful riddle about him? “Oy to one expanding what isn’t his! How long? Oy to one burdening himself with heavy debts!”
“But woe to you, Torah scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut people out of the kingdom of heaven. For you do not enter yourselves, nor do you let those enter who are trying to go in.