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href="/bsb/isaiah/1.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/isaiah/1.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Daughter Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, like a hut in a cucumber field, like a city under siege.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/isaiah/1.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/1.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And the daughter of Zion is left like a booth in a vineyard, like a lodge in a cucumber field, like a besieged city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And the Daughter of Zion is abandoned like a shelter in a vineyard, like a shack in a cucumber field, like a city besieged.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/1.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/1.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />The daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, Like a watchman’s hut in a cucumber field, like a city under watch.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/1.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />The daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, Like a watchman&#8217s hut in a cucumber field, like a besieged city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And the daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, Like a watchman’s hut in a cucumber field, like a besieged city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />The daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, Like a watchman’s hut in a cucumber field, like a besieged city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The Daughter of Zion (Jerusalem) is left like a [deserted] shelter in a vineyard, Like a watchman’s hut in a cucumber field, like a besieged city [isolated, surrounded by devastation].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Daughter Zion is abandoned like a shelter in a vineyard, like a shack in a cucumber field, like a besieged city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Daughter Zion is abandoned like a shelter in a vineyard, like a shack in a cucumber field, like a besieged city. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Enemies surround Jerusalem, alone like a hut in a vineyard or in a cucumber field. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />My people Zion are left like a hut in a vineyard, like a shack in a cucumber field, like a city under attack."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Jerusalem alone is left, a city under siege--as defenseless as a guard's hut in a vineyard or a shed in a cucumber field. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/1.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"The daughter of Zion is left abandoned, like a booth in a vineyard, like a hut in a cucumber field, or like a city under siege.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And the Daughter of Zion is abandoned like a shelter in a vineyard, like a shack in a cucumber field, like a city besieged.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/1.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Daughter Zion is left isolated, like a hut in a vineyard, or a shelter in a cucumber field; she is a besieged city. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, like a hut in a field of melons, like a besieged city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, like a hut in a field of melons, like a besieged city. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And the daughter of Zion has been left, "" As a shelter in a vineyard, "" As a lodge in a place of cucumbers—as a city besieged.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And left hath been the daughter of Zion, As a booth in a vineyard, As a lodge in a place of cucumbers -- as a city besieged.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the daughter of Zion was left as a booth in a vineyard, as a lodge in a field of cucumbers, as a city besieged.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the daughter of Sion shall be left as a covert in a vineyard, and as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, and as a city that is laid waste. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And the daughter of Zion will be left behind, like an arbor in a vineyard, and like a shelter in a cucumber field, and like a city being laid to waste.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />And daughter Zion is left like a hut in a vineyard, Like a shed in a melon patch, like a city blockaded. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />And daughter Zion is left like a booth in a vineyard, like a shelter in a cucumber field, like a besieged city.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard, and as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />The daughter of Zion was blackened as a hut in a vineyard, and like a booth in a cucumber garden and like a besieged city<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the daughter of Zion is left As a booth in a vineyard, As a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, As a besieged city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />The daughter of Sion shall be deserted as a tent in a vineyard, and as a storehouse of fruits in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/1-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=91" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/1.htm">Judah's Rebellion</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">7</span>Your land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire. Foreigners devour your fields before you—a desolation demolished by strangers. <span class="reftext">8</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1323.htm" title="1323: ḇaṯ- (N-fsc) -- Daughter. From banah; a daughter.">And the Daughter</a> <a href="/hebrew/6726.htm" title="6726: ṣî·yō·wn (N-proper-fs) -- A mountain in Jer., also a name for Jer. The same as tsiyuwn; Tsijon, a mountain of Jerusalem.">of Zion</a> <a href="/hebrew/3498.htm" title="3498: wə·nō·wṯ·rāh (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConjPerf-3fs) -- A primitive root; to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; to remain or be left; causatively, to leave, cause to abound, preserve.">is abandoned</a> <a href="/hebrew/5521.htm" title="5521: kə·suk·kāh (Prep-k:: N-fs) -- A thicket, booth. Fem of cok; a hut or lair.">like a shelter</a> <a href="/hebrew/3754.htm" title="3754: ḇə·ḵā·rem (Prep-b:: N-ms) -- A vineyard. From an unused root of uncertain meaning; a garden or vineyard.">in a vineyard,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4412.htm" title="4412: kim·lū·nāh (Prep-k:: N-fs) -- A lodge, hut. Feminine from luwn; a hut, a hammock.">like a shack</a> <a href="/hebrew/4750.htm" title="4750: ḇə·miq·šāh (Prep-b:: N-fs) -- Field of cucumbers. Denominative from qishshu'; literally, a cucumbered field, i.e. A cucumber patch.">in a cucumber field,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: kə·‘îr (Prep-k:: N-fs) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">like a city</a> <a href="/hebrew/5341.htm" title="5341: nə·ṣū·rāh (V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-fs) -- To watch, guard, keep. A primitive root; to guard, in a good sense Or a bad one.">besieged.</a> </span><span class="reftext">9</span>Unless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/1-1.htm">Lamentations 1:1</a></span><br />How lonely lies the city, once so full of people! She who was great among the nations has become a widow. The princess of the provinces has become a slave.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/1-9.htm">Micah 1:9</a></span><br />For her wound is incurable; it has reached even Judah; it has approached the gate of my people, as far as Jerusalem itself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/4-30.htm">Jeremiah 4:30</a></span><br />And you, O devastated one, what will you do, though you dress yourself in scarlet, though you adorn yourself with gold jewelry, though you enlarge your eyes with paint? You adorn yourself in vain; your lovers despise you; they want to take your life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/2-13.htm">Zephaniah 2:13-15</a></span><br />And He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria; He will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as a desert. / Herds will lie down in her midst, creatures of every kind. Both the desert owl and screech owl will roost atop her pillars. Their calls will sound from the window, but desolation will lie on the threshold, for He will expose the beams of cedar. / This carefree city that dwells securely, that thinks to herself: “I am it, and there is none besides me,” what a ruin she has become, a resting place for beasts. Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/2-6.htm">Hosea 2:6</a></span><br />Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her path with thorns; I will enclose her with a wall, so she cannot find her way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/5-2.htm">Amos 5:2</a></span><br />“Fallen is Virgin Israel, never to rise again. She lies abandoned on her land, with no one to raise her up.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37-38</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/13-34.htm">Luke 13:34-35</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate. And I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/6-2.htm">Jeremiah 6:2</a></span><br />Though she is beautiful and delicate, I will destroy the Daughter of Zion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/19-21.htm">2 Kings 19:21</a></span><br />This is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/11-8.htm">Revelation 11:8</a></span><br />Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city—figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where their Lord was also crucified.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/9-11.htm">Jeremiah 9:11</a></span><br />“And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/16-13.htm">Ezekiel 16:13-15</a></span><br />So you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was made of fine linen, silk, and embroidered cloth. You ate fine flour, honey, and oil. You became very beautiful and rose to be queen. / Your fame spread among the nations on account of your beauty, for it was perfect in the splendor I bestowed on you, declares the Lord GOD. / But because of your fame, you trusted in your beauty and played the harlot. You lavished your favors on everyone who passed by, and your beauty was theirs for the asking.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/21-19.htm">Matthew 21:19</a></span><br />Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. “May you never bear fruit again!” He said. And immediately the tree withered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/11-13.htm">Mark 11:13-14</a></span><br />Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, He went to see if there was any fruit on it. But when He reached it, He found nothing on it except leaves, since it was not the season for figs. / Then He said to the tree, “May no one ever eat of your fruit again.” And His disciples heard this statement.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">daughter</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/4-4.htm">Isaiah 4:4</a></b></br> When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/10-32.htm">Isaiah 10:32</a></b></br> As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand <i>against</i> the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/37-22.htm">Isaiah 37:22</a></b></br> This <i>is</i> the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, <i>and</i> laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.</p><p class="hdg">cottage</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/27-18.htm">Job 27:18</a></b></br> He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth <i>that</i> the keeper maketh.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/lamentations/2-6.htm">Lamentations 2:6</a></b></br> And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as <i>if it were of</i> a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.</p><p class="hdg">besieged</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/8-8.htm">Isaiah 8:8</a></b></br> And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach <i>even</i> to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/10-32.htm">Isaiah 10:32</a></b></br> As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand <i>against</i> the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/4-17.htm">Jeremiah 4:17</a></b></br> As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; 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This phrase is often used in the Old Testament to personify the city and its inhabitants, highlighting their special relationship with God. The term "abandoned" suggests a state of desolation and neglect, indicating that the city is left vulnerable and unprotected. Historically, this reflects the period when Jerusalem faced threats from surrounding nations due to its disobedience to God. The imagery of abandonment underscores the consequences of Israel's unfaithfulness and serves as a call to repentance.<p><b>like a shelter in a vineyard</b><br>A "shelter in a vineyard" was a temporary structure used by watchmen to guard the crops during harvest. These shelters were often flimsy and left deserted once the harvest was over. This imagery conveys a sense of isolation and vulnerability, as the shelter is no longer needed and thus forsaken. The vineyard is a common biblical metaphor for Israel (<a href="/isaiah/5.htm">Isaiah 5:1-7</a>), emphasizing the nation's intended fruitfulness and the disappointment of its failure to produce righteousness.<p><b>like a shack in a cucumber field</b><br>Similar to the vineyard shelter, a "shack in a cucumber field" was a temporary hut used during the growing season. Once the harvest was complete, these shacks were abandoned, symbolizing neglect and exposure to the elements. This imagery highlights the transient and fragile state of Jerusalem, emphasizing its defenselessness and the temporary nature of its security without God's protection. The use of agricultural metaphors would resonate with the original audience, who were familiar with such structures.<p><b>like a city besieged</b><br>The phrase "like a city besieged" evokes the image of a city surrounded by enemy forces, cut off from supplies and support. This reflects the historical context of Jerusalem facing sieges from Assyrian and later Babylonian armies. A besieged city is one under great distress, facing imminent danger and potential destruction. This imagery serves as a warning of the consequences of turning away from God, as well as a call to seek His deliverance. The besieged city also foreshadows the ultimate judgment and exile that would come upon Jerusalem, yet it holds a promise of future restoration through repentance and divine intervention.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/daughter_of_zion.htm">Daughter of Zion</a></b><br>This term refers to the city of Jerusalem and, by extension, the people of Israel. It is a poetic personification used throughout the Old Testament to denote the inhabitants of Jerusalem, emphasizing their relationship with God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/s/shelter_in_a_vineyard.htm">Shelter in a Vineyard</a></b><br>This imagery represents a temporary and fragile structure, often used by watchmen during harvest time. It symbolizes vulnerability and exposure to danger.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/h/hut_in_a_field_of_melons.htm">Hut in a Field of Melons</a></b><br>Similar to the shelter in a vineyard, this is a temporary dwelling, highlighting the isolation and defenselessness of Jerusalem.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/c/city_besieged.htm">City Besieged</a></b><br>This refers to a city under attack, surrounded by enemies, and in a state of distress. It underscores the dire situation of Jerusalem due to its disobedience to God.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>The prophet who conveyed God's message to the people of Judah and Jerusalem, calling them to repentance and warning them of the consequences of their sins.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_vulnerability.htm">Understanding Vulnerability</a></b><br>The imagery of a shelter in a vineyard and a hut in a melon field teaches us about the vulnerability that comes from straying from God's protection. We must recognize our need for God's guidance and protection in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_disobedience.htm">Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>The besieged city symbolizes the consequences of turning away from God. It serves as a warning to remain faithful and obedient to God's commands.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a></b><br>Isaiah's message is a call to repentance. We are reminded to examine our lives, confess our sins, and turn back to God to restore our relationship with Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_amidst_desolation.htm">Hope Amidst Desolation</a></b><br>Despite the bleak imagery, there is hope. God's discipline is meant to bring us back to Him. We can find comfort in His promise of restoration and redemption.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_intercession.htm">Community and Intercession</a></b><br>As the Daughter of Zion represents a community, we are encouraged to pray for and support one another, especially in times of spiritual and moral decline.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(8) <span class= "bld">The</span> <span class= "bld">daughter of Zion.</span>--The phrase stands, as everywhere (<a href="/psalms/45-12.htm" title="And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall entreat your favor.">Psalm 45:12</a>; <a href="/lamentations/2-8.htm" title="The LORD has purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he has stretched out a line, he has not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.">Lamentations 2:8</a>; <a href="/micah/4-10.htm" title="Be in pain, and labor to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shall you go forth out of the city, and you shall dwell in the field, and you shall go even to Babylon; there shall you be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem you from the hand of your enemies.">Micah 4:10</a>), for the ideal city personified.<p><span class= "bld">Is left as a cottage in a vineyard</span> . . .--The "hut," or "<span class= "ital">booth," </span>in which the keeper of the vineyards dwelt, apart from other habitations, was an almost proverbial type of isolation, yet to such a state was Zion all but reduced. The second similitude is of the same character. Cucumbers and other plants of the gourd type (<a href="/jonah/4-6.htm" title="And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd.">Jonah 4:6</a>) were largely cultivated in Judaea, and here, too, each field or garden, like the olive groves and vineyards of Italy, had its solitary hut.<p><span class= "bld">As a besieged city.</span>--The comparison of the besieged city to itself is at first startling. Rhetorically, however, it forms a climax. The city was not at this time actually besieged, but it was so hemmed in with perils, so isolated from all help, that this was what its condition practically came to. It was neither more nor less than "as a besieged city," or 'within a measurable distance' of becoming so.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 8.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The daughter of Zion.</span> Not "the faithful Church" (Kay), but the city of Jerusalem, which is thus personified. Comp. <a href="/isaiah/47-1.htm">Isaiah 47:1, 5</a>, where Babylon is called the "daughter of the Chaldeans;" and <a href="/lamentations/1-6.htm">Lamentations 1:6</a>; <a href="/lamentations/2-1.htm">Lamentations 2:1, 4, 8, 10</a>, where the phrase here used is repeated in the same sense. More commonly it designates the people without the city (<a href="/lamentations/2-13.htm">Lamentations 2:13</a>; <a href="/lamentations/4-22.htm">Lamentations 4:22</a>; <a href="/micah/3-8.htm">Micah 3:8, 10</a>, 13; <a href="/zephaniah/3-14.htm">Zephaniah 3:14</a>; <a href="/zechariah/2-10.htm">Zechariah 2:10</a>; <a href="/zechariah/9-9.htm">Zechariah 9:9</a>, etc.). <span class="cmt_word">As a cottage</span>; rather, <span class="accented">as a booth</span> (Revised Version; see <a href="/leviticus/23-42.htm">Leviticus 23:42</a>). Vineyards required to be watched for a few weeks only as the fruit began to ripen; and the watchers, or keepers, built themselves, therefore, mere "booths" for their protection (<a href="/job/27-18.htm">Job 27:18</a>). These were frail, solitary dwellings - very forlorn, very helpless. Such was now Jerusalem. <span class="cmt_word">As a lodge in a garden of cucumbers.</span> Cucumber-gardens required watching throughout the season, <span class="accented">i.e.</span> from spring to autumn, and their watcher needed a more solid edifice than a booth. Hence such gardens had "lodges" in them, <span class="accented">i.e.</span> permanent huts or sheds, such as those still seen in Palestine (Tristram's 'Natural History of Palestine,' p. 442). <span class="cmt_word">As a besieged city.</span> Though not yet besieged, Jerusalem is as if besieged - isolated, surrounded by waste tracts, threatened. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/1-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">And the daughter</span><br /><span class="heb">בַת־</span> <span class="translit">(ḇaṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1323.htm">Strong's 1323: </a> </span><span class="str2">A daughter</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Zion</span><br /><span class="heb">צִיּ֖וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(ṣî·yō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6726.htm">Strong's 6726: </a> </span><span class="str2">Zion -- a mountain in Jerusalem, also a name for Jerusalem</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is abandoned</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנוֹתְרָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·nō·wṯ·rāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3498.htm">Strong's 3498: </a> </span><span class="str2">To jut over, exceed, to excel, to remain, be left, to leave, cause to abound, preserve</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like a shelter</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּסֻכָּ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(kə·suk·kāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5521.htm">Strong's 5521: </a> </span><span class="str2">A thicket, booth</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in a vineyard,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְכָ֑רֶם</span> <span class="translit">(ḇə·ḵā·rem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3754.htm">Strong's 3754: </a> </span><span class="str2">A garden, vineyard</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like a shack</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּמְלוּנָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(kim·lū·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4412.htm">Strong's 4412: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hut, a hammock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in a cucumber field,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְמִקְשָׁ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(ḇə·miq·šāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4750.htm">Strong's 4750: </a> </span><span class="str2">Field of cucumbers</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like a city</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּעִ֥יר</span> <span class="translit">(kə·‘îr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> </span><span class="str2">Excitement</span><br /><br /><span class="word">besieged.</span><br /><span class="heb">נְצוּרָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(nə·ṣū·rāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5341.htm">Strong's 5341: </a> </span><span class="str2">To watch, guard, keep</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/1-8.htm">Isaiah 1:8 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/1-8.htm">Isaiah 1:8 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/1-8.htm">Isaiah 1:8 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/1-8.htm">Isaiah 1:8 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/1-8.htm">Isaiah 1:8 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/1-8.htm">Isaiah 1:8 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/1-8.htm">Isaiah 1:8 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/1-8.htm">Isaiah 1:8 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/1-8.htm">Isaiah 1:8 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/1-8.htm">Isaiah 1:8 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/1-8.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 1:8 The daughter of Zion is left like (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/1-7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 1:7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 1:7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/1-9.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 1:9"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 1:9" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>