Deuteronomy 28:30
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30 You shall become engaged to a woman, but another man shall lie with her. You shall build a house but not live in it. You shall plant a vineyard but not enjoy its fruit.(A)
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Amos 5:11
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11 Therefore because you trample on the poor
and take from them levies of grain,
you have built houses of hewn stone,
but you shall not live in them;
you have planted pleasant vineyards,
but you shall not drink their wine.(A)
Jeremiah 8:10
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10 Therefore I will give their wives to others
and their fields to conquerors,
because from the least to the greatest
everyone is greedy for unjust gain;
from prophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.(A)
Job 31:10
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10 then let my wife grind for another,
and let other men kneel over her.(A)
Zephaniah 1:13
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13 Their wealth shall be plundered
and their houses laid waste.
Though they build houses,
they shall not inhabit them;
though they plant vineyards,
they shall not drink wine from them.(A)
Micah 6:15
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15 You shall sow but not reap;
you shall tread olives but not anoint yourselves with oil;
you shall tread grapes but not drink wine.(A)
Hosea 4:2
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2 Swearing, lying, and murder,
and stealing and adultery break out;
bloodshed follows bloodshed.
Lamentations 5:2
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2 Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers,
our homes to aliens.(A)
Jeremiah 12:13
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13 They have sown wheat and have reaped thorns;
they have tired themselves out but profit nothing.
They shall be ashamed of their[a] harvests
because of the fierce anger of the Lord.(A)
Footnotes
- 12.13 Heb your
Isaiah 5:9-10
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9 The Lord of hosts has sworn in my hearing:
Surely many houses shall be desolate,
large and beautiful houses, without inhabitant.(A)
10 For ten acres of vineyard shall yield but one bath,
and a homer of seed shall yield a mere ephah.[a](B)
Footnotes
- 5.10 The Heb bath, homer, and ephah are measures of quantity
Deuteronomy 20:6-7
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6 Has anyone planted a vineyard but not yet enjoyed its fruit? He should go back to his house, lest he die in the battle and another be first to enjoy its fruit.(A) 7 Has anyone become engaged to a woman but not yet married her? He should go back to his house, lest he die in the battle and another marry her.’(B)
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Isaiah 65:21-22
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21 They shall build houses and inhabit them;
they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.(A)
22 They shall not build and another inhabit;
they shall not plant and another eat,
for like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be,
and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands.(B)
Job 3:18
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18 There the prisoners are at ease together;
they do not hear the voice of the taskmaster.
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