Isaiah 5:8

Translations

Modern

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.

Traditional

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!

Literal

Woe to those joining house to house; field to field they bring near, until there is no place to stand, and you are made to dwell by yourselves alone in the midst of the land!

Latin

Væ qui conjungitis domum ad domum, et agrum agro copulatis usque ad terminum loci! Numquid habitabitis vos soli in medio terræ?

Original

Hebrew

English

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.

Notes

Isaiah 5:8–10

Woe: 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).

Isaiah 5:8–23

This section contains six pronouncements of sorrow. They are six warnings of dreadful judgment (Isaiah 5:8, 11, 18, 20, 21, 22). These sorrows highlight some of the "sour grapes" produced by the vineyard of Israel (5:1–7).

Isaiah 5:1–30

The prophet delivered judgment through a song (Isaiah 5:1–7) and prophecies of sorrow (5:8–30). Although Israel's future will be pure and in fellowship with God (Isaiah 4:2–6), it must address the current sinful state of the people and their leaders.

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah God’s Justice Salvation in Isaiah

Events

Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

Related verses

Micah 2:2
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
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
“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
Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance.
1 Kings 21:16–20
And when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, he got up and went down to take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
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 23:13
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.
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.’

Glossary

Beggar Coins Curse, Cursed Isaiah, Book of Prophecy Riches

Topics

Ambition: God Condemns Ambition: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Contentment: The Wicked Want Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Covetousness: Woe Denounced Against Estate: Vast Landed Isaiah: Prophecies, Reproofs, and Exhortations of Denounces Existing Corruptions Land: Monopoly of Monopoly of Lands Oppression: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Pride: General Scriptures Concerning Riches: General Scriptures Concerning War: God Uses, As a Judgment

Isaiah 5:8

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