Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
SIX DISTINCT WOES AGAINST CRIMES. (Isa. 5:8-23)
(Leviticus 25:13; Micah 2:2). The jubilee restoration of possessions was intended as a guard against avarice.
till there be no place—left for any one else.
that they may be—rather, and ye be.
the earth—the land.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 5:8:
Job 20:19
Job 31:38
Isaiah 5:7
Isaiah 47:8
Amos 8:4
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