Who Join House to House
Isa 5:8 Woe to those who join house to house; They add field to field, Till there is no place Where they may dwell alone in the midst of the land! The Death of Home ownership in America Private equity buying single family homes Seriously? Let's dig deeper: Ellicot's Commentary In place of the small freeholders there rose up a class of large proprietors , often the novi homines of the state ( e.g., Shebna in Isaiah 22:16 ), while the original owners sank into slavery ( Nehemiah 5:5 ) or became tenants at will, paying exorbitant rents in kind or money, and liable at any moment to be evicted. Benson Commentary That join house to house — That add new purchases of houses and lands to their former possessions. Not that this was in itself absolutely unlawful, but because they did it from an inordinate desire of riches, and with the injury of their brethren. That they may be placed alone — That they alone may be the lords and ow...
