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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 5:8-17

The world and the flesh are the two great enemies that we are in danger of being overpowered by; yet we are in no danger if we do not ourselves yield to them. Eagerness of the world, and indulgence of the flesh, are the two sins against which the prophet, in God's name, here denounces woes. These were sins which then abounded among the men of Judah, some of the wild grapes they brought forth (Isa. 5:4), and for which God threatens to bring ruin upon them. They are sins which we have all need... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 5:8

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, on account of future punishments; and he observes, that as there are twenty two blessings pronounced in the book of Psalms, on those that keep the law, so there are twenty two woes pronounced by Isaiah upon the wicked: that lay field to field ; the sin of covetousness is exposed... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 5:8

Woe unto them that join house to house . This is the first woe . It is pronounced on the greed which leads men to continually enlarge their estates, without regard to their neighbors' convenience. Nothing is said of any use of unfair means, much less of violence in dispossessing the former proprietors. What is denounced is the selfishness of vast accumulations of land in single bands, to the detriment of the rest of the community. The Jewish law was peculiarly inimical to this practice... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 5:8

The covetous spirit, and its judgment. The picture presented in this verse can be matched by the conduct of our English king, who destroyed the villages to make the New Forest; or by the makers of deer-forests in North Britain, who have driven away the natives. In Isaiah's time the wealthy men were buying up the houses and estates, and destroying the old village life of Palestine. "In the place of the small freeholders, there rose up a class of large proprietors, while the original holders... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 5:8-10

Woe to the covetous. To understand this passage we should bear in mind the truths connected with real property as a condition of national well-being. I. THE INSTITUTION OF LANDED PROPERTY IN ISRAEL . According to the Law, each of the twelve tribes was to have its landed possessions, and each particular household was to have its definite portion of the land belonging to the tribe; and this was to be an inalienable heritage. Among an agricultural people it is most necessary... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 5:8-10

The character and the doom of covetousness. The judgment denounced against those that joined house to house and field to field bring into view the nature of the sin of covetousness, and the desolation in which it ends. I. THE ESSENTIAL NATURE OF THE SIN . It is an immoderate ambition . To secure a house or a piece of land, or to extend that which has been acquired, may be not only lawful but positively commendable; it may, indeed, be highly honorable. But there are bounds... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 5:8-17

The appropriateness of God's punishments. Many of the punishments of sin follow in the way of natural consequence, and these are generally acknowledged to be fitting and appropriate; e . g . — I. IDLENESS IS PUNISHED BY WANT . "If a man will not work, neither shall he eat" ( 2 Thessalonians 3:10 ). Labor naturally produces wealth, or at any rate value of some kind; and those who work the hardest naturally acquire the most. The idle cannot complain if they have few of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 5:8-24

THE SIX WOES . After the general warning conveyed to Israel by the parable of the vineyard, six sins are particularized as those which have especially provoked God to give the warning. On each of these woe is denounced. Two have special punishments assigned to them ( Isaiah 5:8-17 ); the remainder are joined in one general threat of retribution ( Isaiah 5:18-24 ). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 5:8

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 join house to house - That seek to possess many houses; or perhaps that seek to live in large and magnificent palaces. A similar denunciation of this sin is recorded in Micah 2:2; Nehemiah 5:1-8. This, together with what follows, was contrary to the law of Moses. He provided that when the children of... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 5:8-17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 5:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 5:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 5:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 5:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 5:8-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 5:8-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 5:8-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 5:8-24

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 5:8

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