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 what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet eaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it.

Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.

Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

Build

There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.

In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.

And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.

They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD.

Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.

Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.

Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.

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

General references

And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.

And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.

They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.