Isaiah 1:8

The daughter of Zion [Mountain ridge, Marking] is left like a shelter in a vineyard, 2 like a hut in a field of melons, 2 like a besieged city. 1

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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. 2 Your cities are burned with fire. 2 Strangers devour your land in your presence, 2 and it is desolate, 2 as overthrown by strangers. 1

9Unless Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies] had left to us a very small remnant, 2 we would have been as Sodom [Burning]; 2 we would have been like Gomorrah [Rebellious people, Tyrants]. + 1:9. Quoted in Rom 9:29 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 4:4when 'Adonay [Lord] shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion [Mountain ridge, Marking], and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem [City of peace] from within it, by the spirit of mishpat ·justice·, and by the spirit of burning.

Isaiah 10:32This very day he will halt at Nob. He shakes his hand at the mountain of the daughter of Zion [Mountain ridge, Marking], the hill of Jerusalem [City of peace].

Isaiah 30:17One thousand will flee at the threat of one. At the threat of five, you will flee until you are left like a beacon on the top of a mountain, and like a banner on a hill.

Isaiah 37:22this is the word which Adonai has spoken concerning him. The virgin daughter of Zion [Mountain ridge, Marking] has despised you and ridiculed you. The daughter of Jerusalem [City of peace] has shaken her head at you.

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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