A phrase keeps coming to mind which goes something like "Woe to them who put house to house till there be no more land". It sounds like a Biblical verse, but I can't find anything like it in Google. Anyone got any suggestions?

Stew54

Could be Isaiah Chapter 5, verse 8, which in the Authorised Version dispenses town planning advice thus: "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! " Mar 16 05, 7:44 AM

Arpeggionist

A more accurate translation would be: "Such is the sin of these - they build house upon house, plant field joint to field, until there isn't space, [so] they [you] shall be left alone in the land." The last clause of the verse is the punishment, not the cause of the sin. Mar 16 05, 8:32 AM

picqero

Thanks guys, it was annoying me not being able to find the quote. Quite appropriate for today really in regard to habitat dstruction, deforestation, and general over-development! Mar 16 05, 10:41 AM

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