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Isaiah 5:9-10
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Isaiah 5:9-10
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
9 In my hearing the Lord of hosts has sworn:(A)
Many houses shall be in ruins,
houses large and fine, with nobody living there.(B)
10 Ten acres of vineyard
shall yield but one bath,[a]
And a homer of seed
shall yield but an ephah.
Footnotes
- 5:10 Ten acres: a field with ten times the surface area a yoke of oxen could plow in one day. Bath: a liquid measure equal to about twelve gallons. Homer: a dry measure equal to what a donkey can carry, calculated to be about ten bushels. Ephah: a dry measure of about one bushel. So small a harvest is the fruit of the land-grabbers’ greed.
New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE)
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