...belongs alike to all periods, and to all countries : — " 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 ! In mine ears said the Lord of hosts, Of a truth many " houses shall be desolate, even great and fair,...

...he have done thee no harm. 1 Cor. vi. 7. (3) Isa. T. 8. Wo 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 ! Mic. ii. 2. — They covet fields, and take t/iem by violence ; and houses, and take them away. (4)...

...those in Judea of old, whom the prophet reproves,6 saying, " Woe unto them that join house to house and field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth." Or perhaps luxury and magnificence of living has most attraction. Then " the lust of the flesh " is...

...uttered against this engrossment. " Woe unto them," says the prophet, "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." (/«noA, v. 8.) П. THE AGRICULTURE or THE GREEK». 3 1. Ancient implement, from ft tombftone at Atheoi....

...lawgiver, in the messages of various of His prophets. " 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." (Isa. v. 8.) In fact, this was obviously one great end of the whole enactment;—the precluding the...

...their possessions amongst the needy, than to aim, as they are often tempted, to "join house to house," and "lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may dwell alone in the midst of the earth." Is. 5. s. Whatsoever then be our portion of this world's goods,...

...such " as join house to house, and field to field, till there be no place," no place for the poor, " that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth." And if heritors will turn out tenants because they will not compliment them with their vote in the...

...forbear," an awful voice declares, " Wo PKECIOUSNESS OF CHRIST. unto them that join house to house, and lay field to field, till there be no place, that...they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth ! Wo unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink, that continue...

...uttered against this engrossment. ' Wo unto them,' says the prophet, ' 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.'"" The imporlance and blessings of good husbandry were well understood and thoroughly appreciated by the...

...Jeremy Bentham never dreamed of. Scripture tells us of a "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," or land. This is the case with many who read or hear the words, without suspecting that they come under...