Isaiah 5
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Isaiah 5:7-9

7Indeed Israel is the vineyard of the Lord who commands armies, the people of Judah are the cultivated place in which he took delight. He waited for justice, but look what he got – disobedience! He waited for fairness, but look what he got – cries for help!

8Those who accumulate houses are as good as dead, those who also accumulate landed property until there is no land left, and you are the only landowners remaining within the land.

9The Lord who commands armies told me this: “Many houses will certainly become desolate, large, impressive houses will have no one living in them.

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