Isa 5:8, Mic 2:2 | JFB | e4.org | 8. ( ). 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

‏ Isaiah 5:8

8. (Le 25:13; Mic 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.

2. Parallelism, "Take by violence," answers to "take away"; "fields" and "houses," to "house" and "heritage" (that is, one's land).