Isaiah 5:8
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Woe to you that join house to house and lay field to field, even to the end of the place: shall you alone dwell in the midst of the earth?

them

Jeremiah 22:13-17 Woe to him that buildeth up his house by injustice, and his chambers not in judgment: that will oppress his friend without cause, and will not pay him his wages. . . .

Micah 2:2 Woe to you that devise that which is unprofitable, and work evil in your beds: in the morning light they execute it, because their hand is against God.

Habakkuk 2:9-12 Woe to him that gathereth together an evil covetousness to his house, that his nest may be on high, and thinketh he may be delivered out of the hand of evil. . . .

Matthew 23:14 Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you devour the houses of widows, praying long prayers. For this you shall receive the greater judgment.

Luke 12:16-24 And he spoke a similitude to them, saying: The land of a certain rich man brought forth plenty of fruits. . . .

field

1 Kings 21:16-20 And when Achab heard this, to wit, that Naboth was dead, he arose, and went down into the vineyard of Naboth, the Jezrahelite, to take possession of it. . . .

they.

Ezekiel 11:15 Son of man, thy brethren, thy brethren, thy kinsmen, and all the house of Israel, all they to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said: Get ye far from the Lord, the land is given in possession to us.

Ezekiel 33:24 Son of man, they that dwell in these ruinous places in the land of Israel, speak, saying: Abraham was one, and he inherited the land, but we are many, the land is given us in possession.

Context
Woes to the Wicked
8Woe to you that join house to house and lay field to field, even to the end of the place: shall you alone dwell in the midst of the earth?9These things are in my ears, saith the Lord of hosts: Unless many great and fair houses shall become desolate, without an inhabitant.…
Cross References
Job 15:28
He hath dwelt in desolate cities, and in desert houses that are reduced into heaps.

Jeremiah 22:13
Woe to him that buildeth up his house by injustice, and his chambers not in judgment: that will oppress his friend without cause, and will not pay him his wages.

Jeremiah 22:14
Who saith: I will build me a wide house, and large chambers: who openeth to himself windows, and maketh roofs of cedar, and painteth them with vermilion.

Amos 1:13
Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of the children of Ammon, and for four I will not convert him: because he hath ripped up the women with child of Galaad to enlarge his border.

Micah 2:2
Woe to you that devise that which is unprofitable, and work evil in your beds: in the morning light they execute it, because their hand is against God.

Habakkuk 2:9
Woe to him that gathereth together an evil covetousness to his house, that his nest may be on high, and thinketh he may be delivered out of the hand of evil.

Lexicon
Woe
ה֗וֹי (hō·w)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 1945: Ah! alas! ha!

to those who add
מַגִּיעֵ֥י (mag·gî·‘ê)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 5060: To touch, lay the hand upon, to reach, violently, to strike

house
בַ֙יִת֙ (ḇa·yiṯ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

to house
בְּבַ֔יִת (bə·ḇa·yiṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

and join
יַקְרִ֑יבוּ (yaq·rî·ḇū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7126: To come near, approach

field
שָׂדֶ֥ה (śā·ḏeh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7704: Field, land

to field
בְשָׂדֶ֖ה (ḇə·śā·ḏeh)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7704: Field, land

until
עַ֚ד (‘aḏ)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

there is no
אֶ֣פֶס (’e·p̄es)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 657: Cessation, an end, no further, the ankle, foot

room
מָק֔וֹם (mā·qō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition

and you dwell
וְהֽוּשַׁבְתֶּ֥ם (wə·hū·šaḇ·tem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hofal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

alone
לְבַדְּכֶ֖ם (lə·ḇad·də·ḵem)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 905: Separation, a part of the body, branch of a, tree, bar for, carrying, chief of

in
בְּקֶ֥רֶב (bə·qe·reḇ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7130: The nearest part, the center

the land.
הָאָֽרֶץ׃ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land


Additional Translations
Woe to those who add house to house and join field to field until there is no room and you dwell alone in the land.Woe to them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the middle of the earth!

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!

Woe to them that join house to house, and add field to field, that they may take away something of their neighbor's: will ye dwell alone upon the land?

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!

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!

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

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 midst of the land!

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!
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