Woes for the Wicked

Woe to those who (A)attach house to house and join field to field,
Until there is no more room,
And you alone are a landowner in the midst of the land!
In my ears the Lord of armies has sworn, “(B)Many houses shall certainly become (C)desolate,
Even great and fine ones, without occupants.
10 For (D)ten acres of vineyard will yield only one [a]bath of wine,
And a [b](E)homer of seed will yield only an [c]ephah of grain.”

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Notas al pie

  1. Isaiah 5:10 About 6 gallons or 23 liters
  2. Isaiah 5:10 About 7.7 cubic feet or 0.22 cubit meters or more
  3. Isaiah 5:10 About 1 cubic foot or 0.03 cubic meters

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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Notas al pie

  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.