Woe unto them that join house to house, and lay field to field, till there be no [a]place, that ye may be placed by yourselves in the midst of the earth.

This is in mine [b]ears, saith the Lord of hosts. Surely many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair without inhabitant.

10 For ten acres of vines shall yield one [c]bath, and the seed of an [d]homer shall yield an [e]ephah.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 5:8 To wit, for the poor to dwell in.
  2. Isaiah 5:9 I have heard the complaint and cry of the poor.
  3. Isaiah 5:10 Which containeth about ten pottels: so that every acre should but yield one pottel.
  4. Isaiah 5:10 Which containeth an hundred pottels.
  5. Isaiah 5:10 An Ephah containeth ten pottels and is in dry things as much as Bath is in liquors.

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