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
Isaiah 5:8-10
International Standard Version
Judgment on Land Barons
8 “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!”
9 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]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 5:8 So 1QIsaa; MT reads you are made to live alone
- Isaiah 5:10 I.e. about six gallons
- Isaiah 5:10 I.e. about ten bushels
- Isaiah 5:10 1QIsaa MT lack of seed
- Isaiah 5:10 I.e. about one tenth of what was sown
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