Isaiah 5:8-10
Modern English Version
Woes and Judgment
8 Woe to those who join house to house,
who add field to field,
until there is no more space
where they may live alone in the midst of the land!
9 In my ears the Lord of Hosts said:
Truly, many houses shall be desolate,
even great and beautiful, without inhabitants.
10 For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath,[a]
and the homer[b] of seed shall yield an ephah.[c]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 5:10 About 6 gallons, or 22 liters.
- Isaiah 5:10 Likely about 360 pounds, or 160 kilograms.
- Isaiah 5:10 Likely about 36 pounds, or 16 kilograms.
Isaiah 5:8-10
Lexham English Bible
Woes on the Wicked
8 Ah! Those who join[a] house with house,
they join field together with field
until there is no place[b]
and you are caused to dwell alone in the midst of the land.
9 Yahweh of hosts said in my ears:
Surely[c] many houses shall become a desolation,
large and beautiful ones without inhabitant.
10 For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath,[d]
and the seed of a homer will yield an ephah.[e]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 5:8 Literally “touch”
- Isaiah 5:8 Literally “an end of place”
- Isaiah 5:9 Literally “If not”
- Isaiah 5:10 A bath is a liquid measure
- Isaiah 5:10 An ephah is a dry measure equal to one-tenth of a homer
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