King James Version
Isaiah 1:8 in the King James Version says “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.” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Isaiah 1:8 · KJV
From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment. ointment: or, oil
Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers. overthrown: Heb. the overthrow of
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.
Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“is left”
H3498to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; (intransitively) to remain or be left; causatively to leave, cause to abound, preserve
“And the daughter”
H1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
“in a garden of cucumbers”
H4750literally a cucumbered field, i.e., a cucumber patch
“city”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
“as a besieged”
H5341to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)
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