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Isaiah 1:8
8Beautiful Jerusalem stands abandoned like a watchman’s shelter in a vineyard, like a lean-to in a cucumber field after the harvest, like a helpless city under siege.
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
6You are battered from head to foot— covered with bruises, welts, and infected wounds— without any soothing ointments or bandages. 7Your country lies in ruins, and your towns are burned. Foreigners plunder your fields before your eyes and destroy everything they see. Beautiful Jerusalem stands abandoned like a watchman’s shelter in a vineyard, like a lean-to in a cucumber field after the harvest, like a helpless city under siege. 9If the Lord of Heaven’s Armies had not spared a few of us, we would have been wiped out like Sodom, destroyed like Gomorrah. 10Listen to the Lord, you leaders of “Sodom.” Listen to the law of our God, people of “Gomorrah.”
Read all of Isaiah 1Isaiah 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 4:4The Lord will wash the filth from beautiful Zion and cleanse Jerusalem of its bloodstains with the hot breath of fiery judgment.
- Isaiah 10:32The enemy stops at Nob for the rest of that day. He shakes his fist at beautiful Mount Zion, the mountain of Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 37:22the Lord has spoken this word against him: “The virgin daughter of Zion despises you and laughs at you. The daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head in derision as you flee.
- Isaiah 62:11The Lord has sent this message to every land: “Tell the people of Israel, ‘Look, your Savior is coming. See, he brings his reward with him as he comes.’”
- Psalms 9:14Save me so I can praise you publicly at Jerusalem’s gates, so I can rejoice that you have rescued me.
- Lamentations 2:1The Lord in his anger has cast a dark shadow over beautiful Jerusalem. The fairest of Israel’s cities lies in the dust, thrown down from the heights of heaven. In his day of great anger, the Lord has shown no mercy even to his Temple.
- Zechariah 2:10The Lord says, “Shout and rejoice, O beautiful Jerusalem, for I am coming to live among you.
- Zechariah 9:9Rejoice, O people of Zion! Shout in triumph, O people of Jerusalem! Look, your king is coming to you. He is righteous and victorious, yet he is humble, riding on a donkey— riding on a donkey’s colt.
- John 12:15“Don’t be afraid, people of Jerusalem. Look, your King is coming, riding on a donkey’s colt.”
- Job 27:18The wicked build houses as fragile as a spider’s web, as flimsy as a shelter made of branches.
- Lamentations 2:6He has broken down his Temple as though it were merely a garden shelter. The Lord has blotted out all memory of the holy festivals and Sabbath days. Kings and priests fall together before his fierce anger.
- Isaiah 8:8and sweep into Judah until it is chin deep. It will spread its wings, submerging your land from one end to the other, O Immanuel.
- Jeremiah 4:17They surround Jerusalem like watchmen around a field, for my people have rebelled against me,” says the Lord.
- Luke 19:43Before long your enemies will build ramparts against your walls and encircle you and close in on you from every side.
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
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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
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