Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.
Parallel translations
- WEB Our inheritance is turned to strangers, Our houses to aliens.
- KJV Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
- NKJV Our inheritance has been turned over to aliens, And our houses to foreigners.
- NASB Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, Our houses to foreigners.
- NLT Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to foreigners.
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Their inheritance and homes have been handed over to foreigners.
Overview
The land God gave as Israel's inheritance is now possessed by strangers and aliens. Losing the promised inheritance was among the heaviest covenant curses. This loss of an earthly inheritance through sin highlights the security of the imperishable inheritance kept in heaven for those in Christ (1 Pet. 1:4; Deut. 28:30-33).
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- Isa 1:7Your land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire. Foreigners devour your fields before you—a desolation demolished by strangers.
- Zeph 1:13Their wealth will be plundered and their houses laid waste. They will build houses but not inhabit them, and plant vineyards but never drink their wine.
- Deut 28:30–68You will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not enjoy its fruit.
- Ps 79:1–2A Psalm of Asaph. The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
- Ezek 7:24So I will bring the most wicked of nations to take possession of their houses. I will end the pride of the mighty, and their holy places will be profaned.
- Ezek 7:21And I will hand these things over as plunder to foreigners and loot to the wicked of the earth, who will defile them.
- Isa 63:18For a short while Your people possessed Your holy place, but our enemies have trampled Your sanctuary.
- Jer 6:12Their houses will be turned over to others, their fields and wives as well, for I will stretch out My hand against the inhabitants of the land,” declares the LORD.
- Isa 5:17Lambs will graze as in their own pastures, and strangers will feed in the ruins of the wealthy.
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