Isaiah 5:8-10
English Standard Version
Woe to the Wicked
8 Woe to those who (A)join house to house,
who add field to field,
until there is no more room,
and you are made to dwell alone
in the midst of the land.
9 The Lord of hosts has sworn in my hearing:
(B)“Surely many houses shall be desolate,
large and beautiful houses, without inhabitant.
10 (C)For ten acres[a] of vineyard shall yield but one bath,
and a (D)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
Isaiah 5:8-10
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Judah’s Sins Denounced
8 Woe to those who add house to house(A)
and join field to field
until there is no more room
and you alone are left in the land.
9 I heard the Lord of Hosts say:
Indeed, many houses(B) will become desolate,
grand and lovely ones without inhabitants.
10 For a ten-acre[a] vineyard will yield
only six gallons,[b]
and 10 bushels[c] of seed will yield
only one bushel.[d]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 5:10 Lit ten-yoke
- Isaiah 5:10 Lit one bath
- Isaiah 5:10 Lit one homer
- Isaiah 5:10 Lit [one] ephah
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