Isaiah 5:8

Isaiah 5:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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!
• New International Version (NIV)Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field till no space is left and you live alone in the land.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Woe to those who join house to house, who add field to field, until there is no more room, and you are made to dwell alone in the midst of the land.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Woe to those who join house to house; They add field to field, Till there is no place Where they may dwell alone in the midst of the land!

Context of Isaiah 5:8

6I will make it a wild place where the vines are not pruned and the ground is not hoed, a place overgrown with briers and thorns. I will command the clouds to drop no rain on it. 7The nation of Israel is the vineyard of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. The people of Judah are his pleasant garden. He expected a crop of justice, but instead he found oppression. He expected to find righteousness, but instead he heard cries of violence. What sorrow for you who buy up house after house and field after field, until everyone is evicted and you live alone in the land. 9But I have heard the Lord of Heaven’s Armies swear a solemn oath: “Many houses will stand deserted; even beautiful mansions will be empty. 10Ten acres of vineyard will not produce even six gallons of wine. Ten baskets of seed will yield only one basket of grain.”

Isaiah 5:8 word by word

ה֗וֹי מַגִּיעֵ֥י בַ֙יִת֙ בְּבַ֔יִת שָׂדֶ֥ה בְשָׂדֶ֖ה יַקְרִ֑יבוּ עַ֚ד אֶ֣פֶס מָק֔וֹם וְהֽוּשַׁבְתֶּ֥ם לְבַדְּכֶ֖ם בְּקֶ֥רֶב הָאָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Woeהוֹיhôy · woe!H1945
• unto them that joinנָגַעnâga‛ · to touchH5060
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• layקָרַבqârab · to present: comeH7126
• fieldשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
• noאֶ֫פֶס'ephes · endH657
• placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• that they may be placedיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• alone in the midstקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130
• of the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776

Cross-references for Isaiah 5:8

• Jeremiah 22:13And the Lord says, “What sorrow awaits Jehoiakim, who builds his palace with forced labor. He builds injustice into its walls, for he makes his neighbors work for nothing. He does not pay them for their labor.
• Micah 2:2When you want a piece of land, you find a way to seize it. When you want someone’s house, you take it by fraud and violence. You cheat a man of his property, stealing his family’s inheritance.
• Habakkuk 2:9“What sorrow awaits you who build big houses with money gained dishonestly! You believe your wealth will buy security, putting your family’s nest beyond the reach of danger.
• Luke 12:16Then he told them a story: “A rich man had a fertile farm that produced fine crops.
• 1 Kings 21:16So Ahab immediately went down to the vineyard of Naboth to claim it.
• Ezekiel 11:15“Son of man, the people still left in Jerusalem are talking about you and your relatives and all the people of Israel who are in exile. They are saying, ‘Those people are far away from the Lord, so now he has given their land to us!’
• Ezekiel 33:24“Son of man, the scattered remnants of Israel living among the ruined cities keep saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he gained possession of the entire land. We are many; surely the land has been given to us as a possession.’

Commentaries on Isaiah 5:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Wo unto them that - lay field to field "You who lay field unto field" - Read תקריבו takribu, in the second person; to answer to the verb following. So Vulgate.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Wo unto them … - The prophet now proceeds to “specify” some of the crimes to which he had referred in the parable of the vineyard, of which the Jews had been guilty. The first is “avarice.” That join house to house - That seek to possess many houses; or perhaps that seek to live in large and magnificent palaces. A similar denunciation of this sin is recorded in Micah 2:2; Nehemiah 5:1-8. This, together with what follows, was contrary to the law of Moses…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-23Verses 8-23 Here is a woe to those who set their hearts on the wealth of the world. Not that it is sinful for those who have a house and a field to purchase another; but the fault is, that they never know when they have enough. Covetousness is idolatry; and while many envy the prosperous, wretched man, the Lord denounces awful woes upon him. How applicable to many among us! God has many ways to empty the most populous cities. Those who set their hearts…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-10Woe: The first warning of judgment was against oppressive greed. People took properties, like houses and fields, illegally. The new owners were bullies who used every method to get richer at the expense of the poor (see 1 Kings 21:1–29; Amos 2:6–7).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-238. (Le 25:13; Mi 2:2). The jubilee restoration of possessions was intended as a guard against avarice. till there be no place--left for any one else. that they may be--rather, and ye be. the earth--the land.Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 5:8

• Ambition
• Covetousness
• Estate
• Isaiah
• Land
• Monopoly
• Oppression
• Pride
• Riches
• War

In the dictionaries

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• Regard

Commentaries on Isaiah 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings