Isaiah 5:8 “Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no pla…”

Isaiah 5:8

Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no place is left and you live alone in the land.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!

World English Bible

Woe to those who join house to house, who lay field to field, until there is no room, and you are made to dwell alone in the middle of the land!

American Standard Version

Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no room, and ye be made to dwell alone in the midst of the land!

Geneva Bible 1599

Woe vnto them that ioyne house to house, and laye fielde to fielde, till there bee no place, that ye may be placed by your selues in the mids of the earth.

Darby Translation

Woe unto them that add house to house, that join field to field, until there is no more room, and that ye dwell yourselves alone in the midst of the land!

Young's Literal Translation

Woe [to] those joining house to house, Field to field they bring near, till there is no place, And ye have been settled by yourselves In the midst of the land!

Bible in Basic English

Cursed are those who are joining house to house, and putting field to field, till there is no more living-space for any but themselves in all the land!

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Cross references

“them”

Micah 2:2 Habakkuk 2:9–12 Jeremiah 22:13–17 Luke 12:16–24 Matthew 23:14

Micah 2:2 · BSB

They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.

Habakkuk 2:9–12 · BSB

Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!

Jeremiah 22:13–17 · BSB

“Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,

Luke 12:16–24 · BSB

Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance.

“field”

1 Kings 21:16–20

1 Kings 21:16–20 · BSB

And when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, he got up and went down to take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.

“they”

Ezekiel 11:15 Ezekiel 33:24

Ezekiel 11:15 · BSB

“Son of man, your brothers—your relatives, your fellow exiles, and the whole house of Israel—are those of whom the people of Jerusalem have said, ‘They are far away from the LORD; this land has been given to us as a poss…

Ezekiel 33:24 · BSB

“Son of man, those living in the ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land. But we are many; surely the land has been given to us as a possession.’

Also

Matthew 23:13

Matthew 23:13 · BSB

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.

9I heard the LORD of Hosts declare: “Surely many houses will become desolate, great mansions left unoccupied.

Read Isaiah 5