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Woe to the Wicked

Woe to you[a] who join house to house,
who connect field to field, until there is no room left,
except room for you alone to live in the middle of the land!
The Lord of Armies announces this in my hearing:
    I swear that many houses will be deserted.
    Even the large and beautiful houses will be unoccupied.
10     Then ten acres[b] of vineyard will yield only six gallons[c] of wine,
    and six bushels[d] of seed will yield less than a bushel.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 5:8 Or how terrible it will be for you
  2. Isaiah 5:10 Literally ten yokes
  3. Isaiah 5:10 Literally one bath
  4. Isaiah 5:10 Literally a homer
  5. Isaiah 5:10 Literally an ephah