Latifundialization

Isaiah describes the process of latifundialization. In the ideal Israel the land was divided among the tribes and each family had their own plot of land. The year of jubilee happened and those who had sold their lands would receive them back. Isaiah protests against the landowners who buy plot after plot until they have a latifundia – a large plantation – and who leave the poor without anything.

Isaiah 5:8-17

[8] Ah, you who join house to house, who add field to field, until
there is room for no one but you, and you are left to live alone in
the midst of the land! [9] The LORD of hosts has sworn in my hearing:
Surely many houses shall be desolate, large and beautiful houses,
without inhabitant. [10] For ten acres of vineyard shall yield but
one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield a mere ephah.

[11] Ah, you who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong
drink, who linger in the evening to be inflamed by wine, [12] whose
feasts consist of lyre and harp, tambourine and flute and wine, but
who do not regard the deeds of the LORD, or see the work of his
hands! [13] Therefore my people go into exile without knowledge;
their nobles are dying of hunger, and their multitude is parched with thirst.

[14] Therefore Sheol has enlarged its appetite and opened its mouth
beyond measure; the nobility of Jerusalem and her multitude go down, her throng and all who exult in her. [15] People are bowed down, everyone is brought low, and the eyes of the haughty are humbled. [16] But the LORD of hosts is exalted by justice, and the Holy God shows himself holy by righteousness. [17] Then the lambs shall graze as in their pasture, fatlings and kids shall feed among the ruins.