Woe to the Wicked

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.
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]

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Notas al pie

  1. Isaiah 5:10 Hebrew ten yoke, the area ten yoke of oxen can plow in a day
  2. 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

Judgment on Land Barons

“How terrible it will be for you who join house to house,
    who add field to field,
until there is no more room,
    and you have settled yourselves alone[a]
        in the middle of the land!”

The Lord of the Heavenly Armies has declared this so I could hear it:

“Surely many houses will become desolate,
    great and beautiful houses,
        without occupants.
10 For ten acres of vineyard will produce only one bath,[b]
    and one omer[c] of seed[d] will produce only one ephah.”[e]

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Notas al pie

  1. Isaiah 5:8 So 1QIsaa; MT reads you are made to live alone
  2. Isaiah 5:10 I.e. about six gallons
  3. Isaiah 5:10 I.e. about ten bushels
  4. Isaiah 5:10 1QIsaa MT lack of seed
  5. Isaiah 5:10 I.e. about one tenth of what was sown