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Isaiah 5:8-10
World English Bible
Isaiah 5:8-10
World English Bible
8 Woe to those who join house to house,
who lay field to field, until there is no room,
and you are made to dwell alone in the middle of the land!
9 In my ears, Yahweh of Armies says: “Surely many houses will be desolate,
even great and beautiful, unoccupied.
10 For ten acres[a] of vineyard shall yield one bath,[b]
and a homer[c] of seed shall yield an ephah.”[d]
Footnotes
- 5:10 literally, ten yokes, or the amount of land that ten yokes of oxen can plow in one day, which is about 10 acres or 4 hectares.
- 5:10 1 bath is about 22 liters or 5.8 U. S. gallons
- 5:10 1 homer is about 220 liters or 6 bushels
- 5:10 1 ephah is about 22 liters or 0.6 bushels or about 2 pecks—only one tenth of what was sown.
Isaiah 5:8-10
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Isaiah 5:8-10
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Social Injustice Denounced
8 Woe to those who join house to house,
who add field to field,
until there is room for no one,
and you are left to live alone
in the midst of the land!(A)
9 The Lord of hosts has sworn in my hearing:
Surely many houses shall be desolate,
large and beautiful houses, without inhabitant.(B)
10 For ten acres of vineyard shall yield but one bath,
and a homer of seed shall yield a mere ephah.[a](C)
Footnotes
- 5.10 The Heb bath, homer, and ephah are measures of quantity
Isaiah 5:8-10
New International Version
Isaiah 5:8-10
New International Version
Woes and Judgments
Footnotes
- Isaiah 5:10 That is, about 6 gallons or about 22 liters
- Isaiah 5:10 That is, probably about 360 pounds or about 160 kilograms
- Isaiah 5:10 That is, probably about 36 pounds or about 16 kilograms
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