iSee Ps. 92:12-14
Job 3:18
18There the prisoners are at ease together;they hear not the voice of athe taskmaster.
Isaiah 5:9-10
9The Lord of hosts has sworn in my hearing:b“Surely many houses shall be desolate,
large and beautiful houses, without inhabitant.
10 cFor ten acres ▼
▼Hebrew ten yoke, the area ten yoke of oxen can plow in a day
of vineyard shall yield but one bath,and a ehomer of seed shall yield but an ephah.” ▼
▼A bath was about 6 gallons or 22 liters; a homer was about 6 bushels or 220 liters; an ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters
Isaiah 65:21-22
21 gThey shall build houses and inhabit them;they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
22 hThey shall not build and another inhabit;
they shall not plant and another eat;
ifor like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be,
and my chosen shall long enjoy ▼
▼Hebrew shall wear out
the work of their hands.Jeremiah 12:13
13 kThey have sown wheat and have reaped thorns;lthey have tired themselves out but profit nothing.
They shall be ashamed of their ▼
▼Hebrew your
harvestsnbecause of the fierce anger of the Lord.”
Lamentations 5:2
2 oOur inheritance has been turned over to strangers,our homes to foreigners.
Amos 5:11
11Therefore because you ptrample on ▼▼Or you tax
the poorand you exact taxes of grain from him,
ryou have built houses of hewn stone,
but you shall not dwell in them;
syou have planted pleasant vineyards,
but you shall not drink their wine.
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