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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.

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ASV

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!

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!

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14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ה֗וֹיHowoe to!H1945 →
מַגִּיעֵ֥יma.gi.'Ei[those who] make touchH5060 →
בַ֙יִת֙va.yit<of> a houseH1004 →
בְּבַ֔יִתbe.Va.yit<in> a houseH1004 →
שָׂדֶ֥הsa.Deha fieldH7704 →
בְשָׂדֶ֖הve.sa.Dehon a fieldH7704 →
יַקְרִ֑יבוּyak.Ri.vuthey bring nearH7126 →
עַ֚ד'aduntilH5704 →
אֶ֣פֶס'E.festhere notH657 →
מָק֔וֹםma.Kom[is] roomH4725 →
וְהֽוּשַׁבְתֶּ֥םve.hu.shav.Temand you are made to dwellH3427 →
לְבַדְּכֶ֖םle.va.de.Khemto alone youH905 →
בְּקֶ֥רֶבbe.Ke.revin [the] midst ofH7130 →
הָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzthe landH776 →

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Micah 2:2They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.Habakkuk 2:9–12Woe 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“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,Ecclesiastes 4:8There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—a miserable task.Luke 12:16–24Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance.1 Timothy 6:9Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.1 Kings 21:16–20And when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, he got up and went down to take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.Luke 12:19Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’Amos 1:13This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of the Ammonites, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to enlarge their territory.Isaiah 10:1Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees,Amos 4:1Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”Habakkuk 2:5and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his own.Isaiah 10:14My hand reached as into a nest to seize the wealth of the nations. Like one gathering abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth. No wing fluttered, no beak opened or chirped.’”Job 3:14with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves cities now in ruins,Ezekiel 11:15“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 possession.’Ezekiel 33:24“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.’Matthew 23:13Woe 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.

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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