Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Isaiah 5:8
Woe to them that join house to house, [that] lay field to field, till [there is] no (k) place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
(k) That is, for the poor to dwell in.
Woe to them that join house to house, [that] lay field to field, till [there is] no (k) place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
(k) That is, for the poor to dwell in.
Verse Isaiah 5:8. _WO 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_....
WO 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 JOI...
CHAPTER 5 The Song of the Vineyard and the Six Woes 1. _The song of the vineyard and Jehovah's lament (Isaiah 5:1)_ 2. _The judgment upon the vineyard (Isaiah 5:5)_ 3. _The wild grapes (Isaiah 5:8)_...
A SERIES OF DENUNCIATIONS ON VARIOUS OFFENDERS. This section contains a collection of Woes, originally independent and even now not woven into a single symmetrical address. Whether they come from diff...
WOE. Figure of speech _Epibole_, "Woe" repeated six times in succession (verses: Isaiah 5:8; Isaiah 5:11; Isaiah 5:18; Isaiah 8:20;...
WOE UNTO THEM THAT JOIN HOUSE TO HOUSE— The unfolding of the parable, after the general key in the preceding verse, comprehends two things, according to the argument of the parable: the crimes of thes...
THE WOES OF APPLICATION TEXT: Isaiah 5:8-23 8 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 ! 9 In...
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! WOE UNTO THEM THAT JOIN HOUSE TO HOUSE ... FIELD TO...
1-24. Judah, God's unfruitful vineyard, and the judgment upon it....
PLACE] RV 'room.'...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS ISAIAH DECLARES HOW GOD’S PEOPLE SHOULD BE LIVING ISAIAH CHAPTER S 1 TO 9 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 5 Chapter 5 begins with a parable (a story with a double mean...
God created the land. So it really belongs to him (see Leviticus 25:23)....
WOE UNTO THEM THAT JOIN HOUSE TO HOUSE. — The series of “Woes” which follows has no precedent in the teaching of earlier prophets. The form of Luke 6:24 seems based upon it. The general indictment of...
הֹ֗וי מַגִּיעֵ֥י בַ֨יִת֙ בְּ בַ֔יִת שָׂדֶ֥ה ב
CHAPTER III THE VINEYARD OF THE LORD, OR TRUE PATRIOTISM THE CONSCIENCE OF OUR COUNTRY'S SINS 735 B.C. Isaiah 5:1; Isaiah 9:8 - Isaiah 10:4 THE prophecy contained in these Chapter s belongs, as we...
A DISAPPOINTING HARVEST Isaiah 5:1-17 In a picture of great beauty, Isaiah describes a vineyard situated on one of the sunny heights visible from Jerusalem. Every care which an experienced vine-dress...
With the thought of judgment, and the necessity for it still in mind, the prophet utters his great denunciation. This falls into three parts. The first is a song of accusation. By the simple and famil...
_Even. Septuagint, "to take from your neighbour: shall," &c. (Haydock)_...
Here is a solemn woe denounced against carnal pursuits; and yet who feels restrained by it? My soul, you need not look abroad into the world, for examples of the unprofitableness of sin: in thyself th...
8._Woe to them that join house to house and field to field. _He now reproves their insatiable avarice and covetousness, from which the acts of cheating, injustice, and violence are wont to arise. For...
After this the Spirit of God begins to plead with the people, taking two distinct grounds-namely, that which God had done for His people, and the coming of Jehovah in the Person of Christ in glory. Ha...
WOE UNTO THEM THAT JOIN HOUSE TO HOUSE,.... Or "O ye that join", c. for, as Aben Ezra observes, it signifies calling, as in Isaiah 55:1 though Jarchi takes it to be expressive of crying and groaning,...
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! Ver. 8. _Woe unto them that join house to house._...
_Wo unto them_, &c. The unfolding of the parable, after the general key in the preceding verse, comprehends two things, according to the argument of the parable; the crimes of this ungrateful people,...
A SIXFOLD WOE UPON THE JEWISH TRANSGRESSORS...
Woe unto them that join house to house, in a greed for wealth which is never satisfied, THAT LAY FIELD TO FIELD, their covetousness causing them to add one piece of property to another, TILL THERE BE...
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 w...
THAT JOIN HOUSE TO HOUSE, THAT LAY FIELD TO FIELD; that add new purchases of houses and lands to their former possessions; not that this was in itself unlawful, but because they did this from an inord...
Isaiah 5:8 Woe H1945 join H5060 (H8688) house H1004 house H1004 add H7126 (H8686) field H7704 field...
THE FIRST WOE (ISAIAH 5:8). Isaiah 5:8 ‘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 land. In my ears, the ears of...
THE SIX WOES OF GOD (ISAIAH 5:8). A series of woes are now declared on the people of Israel because of their various sins. The vineyard had produced smelly grapes, now woe must come on it. They are a...
Isaiah 5:1. _Now will I sing to my well-beloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My Well-beloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:_ The Song of the Vineyard is by no means a joyful...
CONTENTS: Parable of Jehovah's vineyard and the six woes upon Israel. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: God expects vineyard fruit from those who enjoy vineyard privileges, not the mere leaves of profess...
Isaiah 5:1. _My well-beloved;_ the Messiah, who certainly was Lord of the Vineyard, and the men of Judah were his pleasant plants. Psalms 80:14; Ezekiel 17:6; Ho
_Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field_ THE SELFISH LANDOWNER Selfishness, or the making self the centre to which all things are to tend, is the great sin in all ages and p...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 5:1 Isaiah’s introductory diagnosis of Judah’s spiritual decline (chs. Isaiah 1:1) concludes with a description of his generation’s apostasy and its consequences. The chapter is...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 5:8 Leviticus 25:1 taught Israel to return purchased lands in the Year of Jubilee. Restoring property to the original owner ensured a fresh start for anyone who had fallen on har...
WILD GRAPES Isaiah 5:8. _Woe unto them that join house to house, &c._ It is important to remember that this whole chapter constitutes one prophecy. Much of the power of its teaching will be lost, if...
COVETOUSNESS Isaiah 5:8. _Woe unto them that join house to house, &c._ Covetousness is—I. Ruinous to the individual [601] II. Mischievous to society. III. Offensive to God. IV. Certain to be punishe...
ON THE ADVANTAGE OF SMALL ALLOTMENTS OF LAND TO THE POOR Isaiah 5:7. _He looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry. Woe unto them that join house to house, and l...
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 5:1 ISRAEL REBUKED BY THE PARABLE OF A VINEYARD. This chapter stands in a certain sense alone, neither closely connected with what precedes nor with what follows, excepting that it...
Now in the fifth chapter the Lord takes up the parable of a vineyard in which He likens Judah or Israel, His people, unto a vineyard. Now will I sing to my well-beloved a song of my beloved touching...
1 Kings 21:16; Ezekiel 11:15; Ezekiel 33:24; Habakkuk 2:9;...
Alone — That they alone may be the lords and owners, and all others only their tenants and servants....