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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

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