Deuteronomy 28:30
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30 (A)“You shall betroth a wife, but another man shall lie with her; (B)you shall build a house, but you shall not dwell in it; (C)you shall plant a vineyard, but shall not gather its grapes.
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Jeremiah 8:10
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10 Therefore (A)I will give their wives to others,
And their fields to those who will inherit them;
Because from the least even to the greatest
Everyone is given to (B)covetousness;
From the prophet even to the priest
Everyone deals falsely.
Job 31:10
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10 Then let my wife grind for (A)another,
And let others bow down over her.
Zephaniah 1:13
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13 Therefore their goods shall become booty,
And their houses a desolation;
They shall build houses, but not inhabit them;
They shall plant vineyards, but (A)not drink their wine.”
Micah 6:15
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15 “You shall (A)sow, but not reap;
You shall tread the olives, but not anoint yourselves with oil;
And make sweet wine, but not drink wine.
Lamentations 5:2
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2 (A)Our inheritance has been turned over to aliens,
And our houses to foreigners.
Jeremiah 12:13
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13 (A)They have sown wheat but reaped thorns;
They have [a]put themselves to pain but do not profit.
But be ashamed of your harvest
Because of the fierce anger of the Lord.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 12:13 Or strained
Deuteronomy 20:6-7
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6 Also what man is there who has planted a vineyard and has not eaten of it? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man eat of it. 7 (A)And what man is there who is betrothed to a woman and has not married her? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man marry her.’
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Hosea 4:2
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2 By swearing and lying,
Killing and stealing and committing adultery,
They break all restraint,
With bloodshed [a]upon bloodshed.
Footnotes
- Hosea 4:2 Lit. touching
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 They shall not build and another inhabit;
They shall not plant and (B)another eat;
For (C)as the days of a tree, so shall be the days of My people,
And (D)My elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
Isaiah 5:9-10
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9 (A)In my hearing the Lord of hosts said,
“Truly, many houses shall be desolate,
Great and beautiful ones, without inhabitant.
10 For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one (B)bath,[a]
And a homer of seed shall yield one [b]ephah.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 5:10 1 bath=1⁄10 homer
- Isaiah 5:10 1 ephah=1⁄10 homer
Job 3:18
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Footnotes
- Job 3:18 are at ease
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