Deuteronomy 28:30

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Summary

Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.

Betroth

Build

General references

Ecclesiastes 3:13

Isaiah 65:21

Lamentations 5:11

Bible References

Betroth

And who is the man that hath planted a vineyard and hath not thrown it open? let him go and return unto his house, - lest he die in the battle, and another man, throw it open.

Let my wife, grind to another, and, over her, let others bend!

Therefore, will I give - Their wives to others, Their fields to such as shall take possession of them, For from the least, even unto the greatest, Every one, is, wholly given to extortion: From the prophet even unto the priest, Every one, dealeth, falsely.

Cursing and lying, and killing and stealing, and committing adultery, have broken forth, and, blood-shedding, unto blood-shedding, doth extend.

Build

At once are prisoners at peace, they hear not the voice of a driver:

In mine ears, said Yahweh of hosts, - Verily, houses in abundance, shall become, a desolation, Large and fair, without inhabitant;

Then shall they build houses and dwell in them, - And plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them;

They sowed, wheat, but thorns, have they reaped, They have put themselves to pain they shall not be profited, - Yea turn ye pale at your produce, Because if the glow of the anger of Yahweh.

Our inheritance, turned over to foreigners, our houses, to aliens.

Therefore - because ye have trampled on the poor, and, the gift of corn, ye would take away from him, though, houses of hewn stone, ye have built, Yet shall ye not dwell in them, - Though, delightful vineyards, ye have planted, Yet shall ye not drink the wine of them.

Thou, shalt sow, but shalt not reap, - thou, shalt tread the olive, but shalt not anoint thee with oil, also the grape, but shalt not drink the wine.

Therefore shall their goods become a booty, and their houses, a desolation, - and they shall build houses, but not inhabit them, and plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.

General references

Though indeed, that any man should eat and drink, and see blessedness, in all his toil, it is, the gift of God.

Then shall they build houses and dwell in them, - And plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them;

Women - in Zion, were ravished, virgins, in the cities of Judah!