Job 15:28 · KJV
“And he dwelleth in desolate cities, {and} in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.”
— Job 15:28
Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on {his} flanks.
He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.
Job 15 — Context
He runneth upon him, {even} on {his} neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
27Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on {his} flanks.
28And he dwelleth in desolate cities, {and} in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.
30He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
Cross References
Job 3:14
With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;
Jeremiah 51:37
And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.
Micah 7:18
Who {is} a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth {in} mercy.
Job 18:15
It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because {it is} none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
Micah 3:12
Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed {as} a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.
Jeremiah 26:18
Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed {like} a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
Isaiah 5:8-10
Woe unto them that join house to house, {that} lay field to field, till {there be} no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth! {they: Heb. ye}
Jeremiah 9:11
And I will make Jerusalem heaps, {and} a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant. {desolate: Heb. desolation}