The First Isaianic Woe!
Abraham Kuyper expounds Isaiah 5:8, the first woe against covetousness and the consolidation of landed property, arguing that excessive accumulation of wealth and land violates God's ordinances and weakens nations. Drawing on Calvin and other Reformed exegetes, Kuyper applies this prophetic judgment to Christian ethics and social responsibility, contending that even civil authorities should resist the concentration of property ownership. This piece exemplifies Reformed practical theology grounded in careful biblical exposition of the prophetic books.
Reprinted from When Thou Sittest in Thine House, by Abraham Kuyper, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids, Michigan. 1929. Used by permission of Eerdmans Publishing Co. Love of Money The well-known "Woe unto you's!" of the prophet Isaiah are six in number, with the "Woe unto you!" against the service of Mammon, i.e., against the love of money, the mania to have and to save, as starting point of national self-weakening. Of loose capital there was almost none in Isaiah's days. There was...
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