Isaiah 1:8

And the Bat Tziyon (i.e., Yerushalayim) is left 1 as a sukkah in a kerem (vineyard), 1 as a shack in a cucumber field, 1 as an ir (city) under siege. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.

In Context

7Your country is desolate, 1 your cities are burned with eish; 1 your land, zarim devour it in your presence, 1 and it is desolate, as overthrown by zarim. 1

9Except Hashem Tzva'os 1 had left unto us a very small remnant, 1 we should have been as Sodom, 1 and we should have been like unto Amora (Gomorrah). 1

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Cross References

Job 27:18He buildeth his bais as a moth, 1 and as a sukkah that the watchman maketh. 1

Isaiah 4:4When Adonoi shall have washed away the filth of the Banot Tziyon, and shall have purged the dahm of Yerushalayim from the midst thereof by the Ruach Mishpat, and by the Ruach Ba'er (Spirit of Burning).

Isaiah 10:32As yet shall he remain at Nov this very day; 1 he shall shake his fist against the Har Bat Tziyon, 1 the Givat Yerushalayim. 1

Isaiah 30:17Elef echad shall flee at the threat of one; 1 at the threat of five shall ye flee; 1 until ye be left as a pole upon the top of the har, 1 and as a nes (banner, flag) on a hill. 1

Isaiah 37:22This is the davar which Hashem hath spoken concerning him; 1 The Betulat Bat Tziyon, hath despised thee, 1 and laughed thee to scorn; 1 the Bat Yerushalayim hath shaken 1 her head at thee. 1

Jeremiah 4:17As shomrim of a sadeh, they are against her all around; 1 because she hath been rebellious against Me, saith Hashem. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 1:3-10

The Degeneracy of Israel; The Sinfulness of Israel; The Sufferings of Israel. ( b. c. 738.) 2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. 3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. 4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the Lord , they have provoked the Holy One of… Read the whole commentary →

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