TSK · Deuteronomy 8:12

The Curse of Military Siege“Because you have not served the LORD your God joyfully and wholeheartedly with the abundance of everything you have,

Israel’s Rebellion But Jeshurun became fat and kicked, you got fat, thick, and stuffed! Then he deserted the God who made him, and treated the Rock who saved him with contempt.

Futility of Materialism I increased my possessions: I built houses for myself; I planted vineyards for myself.

They say,‘The time is not near to build houses; the city is a cooking pot and we are the meat in it.’

Therefore, because you make the poor pay taxes on their crops and exact a grain tax from them, you will not live in the houses you built with chiseled stone, nor will you drink the wine from the fine vineyards you planted.

Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot, people were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building;