Woes and Judgments

Woe(A) to you who add house to house
    and join field to field(B)
till no space is left
    and you live alone in the land.

The Lord Almighty(C) has declared in my hearing:(D)

“Surely the great houses will become desolate,(E)
    the fine mansions left without occupants.
10 A ten-acre vineyard will produce only a bath[a] of wine;
    a homer[b] of seed will yield only an ephah[c] of grain.”(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 5:10 That is, about 6 gallons or about 22 liters
  2. Isaiah 5:10 That is, probably about 360 pounds or about 160 kilograms
  3. Isaiah 5:10 That is, probably about 36 pounds or about 16 kilograms

Sayings of doom

Doom to those who acquire house after house,
    who annex field to field until there is no more space left
    and only you live alone in the land.
I heard the Lord of heavenly forces say this:[a]
Many houses will become total ruins,
    large, fine houses, with no one living in them.
10 Ten acres of vineyard
    will produce just one bath,[b]
    and a homer of seed
        will produce only an ephah.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 5:9 Heb lacks say this.
  2. Isaiah 5:10 One bath is approximately twenty quarts, the same as an ephah; one homer contains ten ephahs (or baths) of grain.