Isaiah 1:8

Isaiah 1:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Daughter Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, like a hut in a cucumber field, like a city under siege.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the daughter of Zion is left like a booth in a vineyard, like a lodge in a cucumber field, like a besieged city.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard, As a hut in a garden of cucumbers, As a besieged city.

Context of Isaiah 1:8

6From the bottom of your feet, to the top of your head, everywhere hurts! There are wounds all over your body that are still bleeding. Nobody has cleaned your wounds or covered them. Nobody has put olive oil on them to make them better. 7Your land has become useless. Fire has destroyed your towns and cities. Foreign people have taken the crops from your fields, while you stood there and watched. Strangers have destroyed everything in your country. Jerusalem is now like a hut in a vineyard or in a field of crops. It stands there alone, with its enemies all round it. 9Unless the Lord Almighty had left some of us alive, we would have become like Sodom. We would have been completely destroyed, like Gomorrah. 10Yes, you are like the rulers of Sodom, so listen to the Lord's message! You are no better than the people in Gomorrah! So listen to what our God is saying to you.

Isaiah 1:8 word by word

וְנוֹתְרָ֥ה בַת־צִיּ֖וֹן כְּסֻכָּ֣ה בְכָ֑רֶם כִּמְלוּנָ֥ה בְמִקְשָׁ֖ה כְּעִ֥יר נְצוּרָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the daughterבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• of Zionצִיּוֹןtsîyôn · ZionH6726
• is leftיָתַרyâthar · to remainH3498
• as a cottageסֻכָּהsûkkâh · boothH5521
• in a vineyardכֶּרֶםkerem · vineyardH3754
• as a lodgeמְלוּנָהmelûnâh · lodgeH4412
• in a garden of cucumbersמִקְשָׁהmiqshâh · cucumber fieldH4750
• as a besiegedנָצַרnâtsar · to watchH5341
• cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892

Cross-references for Isaiah 1:8

• Isaiah 4:4At that time, the Lord God will wash away the dirt from Zion's women. He will make Jerusalem clean from the blood that murderers have left. He will do that as judge, and he will punish people as with fire.
• Isaiah 10:32Today, the enemy has reached Nob and it stops there. He shakes his fist angrily at the people who live on Mount Zion in the city of Jerusalem.
• Isaiah 37:22This is the Lord's reply. The Lord says this about King Sennacherib: “The holy people of Zion laugh at you! They think that you are useless. Yes, the people of Jerusalem shake their heads as you run away.
• Isaiah 62:11Look! The Lord has this message for the whole earth: ‘Say to the people of Zion, “Look! Your Saviour is coming! Look again! He is bringing his gifts with him. He brings the prize that he has won.” ’
• Psalms 9:14Then I will praise you for everyone to hear! I will tell the people of Zion that you have saved me, and I will be very happy!
• Lamentations 2:1The Lord was very angry. He wanted Zion's people to be ashamed. Zion was the most beautiful city in Israel. But he has put it down to the ground from its high place. Zion was like a place where he had rested his feet. Now that he is angry, he has forgotten about that.
• Zechariah 2:10‘Sing and be happy, you people in Jerusalem. This is because I will come. And I will live among you,’ says the Lord.
• Zechariah 9:9Sing loudly, people in Zion. Shout, people in Jerusalem. Look! Your king comes to you. He will save you because he does everything well. But he is quiet and he is riding on a donkey. He will ride on a young animal. Its mother is a donkey.
• John 12:15‘Do not be afraid, you people in Zion. Look! Your king is coming. He is riding on a young donkey.’
• Job 27:18The houses that wicked people build are not strong. They are as weak as a spider's web, or a shepherd's hut,
• Lamentations 2:6He has knocked down his own holy house as easily as someone can knock down a hut in a garden. He has destroyed this place where people once met him. The Lord has caused Zion's people to forget the special events and the Sabbath days in his holy house. He was very angry. So he thought that our king and our priests were not important. He refused to help them.
• Isaiah 8:8Its water will come as a flood into Judah. It will cover the land and it will rise as high as people's necks! He will make his wings very wide to cover all your land, Immanuel.’
• Jeremiah 4:17Their soldiers are all around Jerusalem's walls, like guards around a farmer's field.’ The Lord says, ‘This will happen because the people of Judah have turned against me.
• Luke 19:43As a result, days of trouble will come to you. Your enemies will build a wall round you. They will shut you in completely, and they will not let you leave.

Commentaries on Isaiah 1:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8As a cottage in a vineyard "As a shed in a vineyard" - A little temporary hut covered with boughs, straw, turf, or the like materials, for a shelter from the heat by day, and the cold and dews by night, for the watchman that kept the garden or vineyard during the short season the fruit was ripening, (see Job 27:18;), and presently removed when it had served that purpose. See Harmer's Observ. 1:454. They were probably obliged to have such a constant watch…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8And the daughter of Zion - Zion, or Sion, was the name of one of the hills on which the city of Jerusalem was built. On this hill formerly stood the city of the Jebusites, and when David took it from them he transferred to it his court, and it was called the city of David, or the holy hill. It was in the southern part of the city. As Zion became the residence of the court, and was the most important part of the city, the name was often used to denote the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8the Daughter of Zion: Zion, one of the hills on which Jerusalem stands, often served as another name for Jerusalem. Zion symbolized God's presence (Psalm 46), his protection of his people, and Jerusalem's strength against enemies. Now, however, the opposite is true. Jerusalem has become weak, like a helpless city under siege and like an abandoned shelter or a shack.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. daughter of Zion--the city (Psa 9:14), Jerusalem and its inhabitants (2Ki 19:21): "daughter" (feminine, singular being used as a neuter collective noun), equivalent to sons (Is 12:6, Margin) [Maurer]. Metropolis or "mother-city" is the corresponding term. The idea of youthful beauty is included in "daughter." left--as a remnant escaping the general destruction. cottage--a hut, made to give temporary shelter to the caretaker of the vineyard. lodge--not…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 1:8

• Booth
• Church
• Cucumber
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Vineyard

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Commentaries on Isaiah 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings