Charles Ellicott Commentary Isaiah 5:9

"In mine ears [saith] Jehovah of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant." — Isaiah 5:9 (ASV)

In mine ears said the Lord. —The italics show that there is no verb in the Hebrew; the text, if it is correct, thus giving an emphasis of abruptness, but it is rightly supplied in the Authorised Version. The sentence that follows is one of a righteous retribution: There shall be no profit or permanence in the property thus unjustly gained.