8-10 Doom to you who buy up all the houses
and grab all the land for yourselves—
Evicting the old owners,
posting no trespassing signs,
Taking over the country,
leaving everyone homeless and landless.
I overheard God-of-the-Angel-Armies say:
“Those mighty houses will end up empty.
Those extravagant estates will be deserted.
A ten-acre vineyard will produce a pint of wine,
a fifty-pound sack of seed, a quart of grain.”
For me I see a reminder not to get caught up in treasures of this world. For me its not so grand as this verse, I'm not creating a kingdom. But at the same time I'm not out helping the homeless and the landless. So if I'm not with them am I against them? Am I using God's gifts to me to help others? Maybe not the point of this chapter but it came to my mind.
knut
great point. That's the same verse I copied. So, I searched a little and found this one.
ReplyDelete21-23 Doom to you who think you’re so smart,
who hold such a high opinion of yourselves!
Some people might even say they are a "genius." We need to be really careful with the self proclamations.
tp