8Woe 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!
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil! …
Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work; …
And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: …
And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 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.…
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