Job 15:28 Meaning and Explanation
“And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.”
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Read Full Chapter →Eliphaz says the wicked man ends up haunting ruined, abandoned places.
What Does Job 15:28 Mean?
Eliphaz pictures the desolation that overtakes the wicked. He comes to dwell in ruined cities and in houses no one inhabits, dwellings already crumbling toward heaps of rubble. Whether by seizing condemned places or by being left among ruins, he is associated with desolation rather than flourishing.
Empty, collapsing houses are a vivid emblem of a life that has lost its foundation, all its building tending toward ruin. There is a sober truth that what is built against God will not stand. Yet Eliphaz aims this at Job, whose own house has indeed fallen, though not for the reason Eliphaz supposes. The verse leaves us asking what foundation our lives are built upon, knowing that only what is founded on God endures when everything else becomes heaps.
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What does Job 15:28 mean?
Eliphaz says the wicked man ends up haunting ruined, abandoned places.