Deuteronomy 28:30
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30 (A)You shall betroth a wife, but another man shall ravish her. (B)You shall build a house, but you shall not dwell in it. (C)You shall plant a vineyard, but you shall not enjoy its fruit.
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Amos 5:11
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Jeremiah 8:10
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10 (A)Therefore I will give their wives to others
and their fields to conquerors,
because from the least to the greatest
everyone (B)is greedy for unjust gain;
from prophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.
Job 31:10
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Zephaniah 1:13
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13 Their goods shall be (A)plundered,
and their houses laid waste.
(B)Though they build houses,
they shall not inhabit them;
(C)though they plant vineyards,
they shall not drink wine from them.”
Micah 6:15
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15 (A)You shall sow, but not reap;
you shall tread olives, but not anoint yourselves with oil;
you shall tread grapes, but not drink wine.
Lamentations 5:2
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2 (A)Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers,
our homes to foreigners.
Jeremiah 12:13
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13 (A)They have sown wheat and have reaped thorns;
(B)they have tired themselves out but profit nothing.
They shall be ashamed of their[a] harvests
(C)because of the fierce anger of the Lord.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 12:13 Hebrew your
Deuteronomy 20:6-7
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6 And is there any man who has planted a vineyard and has not (A)enjoyed its fruit? Let him go back to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man enjoy its fruit. 7 (B)And is there any man who has betrothed a wife and has not taken her? Let him go back to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man take her.’
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Hosea 4:2
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2 (A)there is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery;
they break all bounds, and (B)bloodshed follows bloodshed.
Isaiah 65:21-22
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21 (A)They shall build houses and inhabit them;
they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
22 (B)They shall not build and another inhabit;
they shall not plant and another eat;
(C)for like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be,
and my chosen shall long enjoy[a] the work of their hands.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 65:22 Hebrew shall wear out
Isaiah 5:9-10
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9 The Lord of hosts has sworn in my hearing:
(A)“Surely many houses shall be desolate,
large and beautiful houses, without inhabitant.
10 (B)For ten acres[a] of vineyard shall yield but one bath,
and a (C)homer of seed shall yield but an ephah.”[b]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 5:10 Hebrew ten yoke, the area ten yoke of oxen can plow in a day
- Isaiah 5:10 A bath was about 6 gallons or 22 liters; a homer was about 6 bushels or 220 liters; an ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters
Job 3:18
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18 There the prisoners are at ease together;
they hear not the voice of (A)the taskmaster.
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