Isaiah 5:8

Disaster is Coming

5:8 Those who accumulate houses are as good as dead, ¹ 

those who also accumulate landed property ² 

until there is no land left, ³ 

and you are the only landowners remaining within the land. ⁴ 

Isaiah 7:22

7:22 From the abundance of milk they produce, ⁵  he will have sour milk for his meals. Indeed, everyone left in the heart of the land will eat sour milk and honey.

Isaiah 24:13

24:13 This is what will happen throughout ⁶  the earth,

among the nations.

It will be like when they beat an olive tree,

and just a few olives are left at the end of the harvest. ⁷ 

¹ tn Heb “Woe [to] those who make a house touch a house.” The exclamation הוֹי (hoy, “woe, ah”) was used in funeral laments (see 1 Kgs 13:30; Jer 22:18; 34:5) and carries the connotation of death.

² tn Heb “[who] bring a field near a field.”

³ tn Heb “until the end of the place”; NASB “until there is no more room.”

⁴ tn Heb “and you are made to dwell alone in the midst of the land.”

⁵ tn The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated, see note on 2:2.

⁹ tn Heb “in the midst of” (so KJV, ASV, NASB).

¹⁰ sn The judgment will severely reduce the earth’s population. See v. 6.