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Read Full Chapter (Isaiah 5) Isaiah 5:9 KJV
"In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant."
Isaiah Chapter 5, Verse 9
Isaiah 5:9 in Context (Verses 6–12 KJV)
6
And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
7
For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.**
8
¶ 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!*
9
In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.**
10
Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.
11
¶ Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!*
12
And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.