Isaiah 1:8

New International Reader's Version

The city of Zion is left like a shed where someone stands guard in a vineyard. It is left like a hut in a cucumber field. It’s like a city being attacked.

Cross References

Job 27:18

The house an evil person builds is like a moth’s cocoon. It’s like a hut that’s made by someone on guard duty.

Psalm 9:14

Then I can give praise to you at the gates of the city of Zion. There I will be full of joy because you have saved me.

Isaiah 1:7

Your country has been deserted. Your cities have been burned down. The food from your fields is being eaten up by outsiders. They are doing it right in front of you. Your land has been completely destroyed. It looks as if strangers have taken it over.

Isaiah 1:9

The Lord who rules over all has let some people live through that time of trouble. If he hadn’t, we would have become like Sodom. We would have been like Gomorrah.

Isaiah 10:32

Today the Assyrians have stopped at Nob. They are shaking their fists at Mount Zion in the city of Jerusalem.

Isaiah 29:3

I will be like an army camped against you on all sides. I will surround you with towers in order to attack you. I will build my ramps all around you and set up my ladders.

Isaiah 30:17

When one of them dares you to fight, a thousand of you will run away. When five of them dare you, all of you will run away. So few of you will be left that you will be like a flagpole on top of a mountain. You will be like only one banner on a hill.”

Isaiah 37:22

So here is the message the Lord has spoken against him. The Lord is telling him, “ ‘ “You will not win the battle over Zion. Its people hate you and make fun of you. The people of Jerusalem lift up their heads proudly as you run away.

Isaiah 37:4

Perhaps the Lord your God will hear everything the field commander has said. His master, the king of Assyria, has sent him to make fun of the living God. Maybe the Lord your God will punish him for what he has heard him say. So pray for the remaining people who are still alive here.’ ”

Isaiah 4:4

The Lord will wash away the sin of the women in Zion. He will clean up the blood that was spilled there. He will judge those who spilled that blood. His burning anger will blaze out at them.

Isaiah 49:21

Then you will say to yourself, ‘Whose children are these? I lost my children. And I couldn’t have any more. My children were taken far away from me. And no one wanted them. Who brought these children up? I was left all alone. So where have these children come from?’ ”

Isaiah 62:11

The Lord has announced a message from one end of the earth to the other. He has said, “Tell the people of Zion, ‘Look! Your Savior is coming! He is bringing his people back as his reward. He has won the battle over their enemies.’ ”

Isaiah 8:8

They will sweep on into Judah like a flood. They will pass through Judah and reach all the way to Jerusalem. Immanuel, they will attack your land like an eagle. Their wings will spread out and cover it.”

Jeremiah 4:17

It will surround them like people who guard a field. Judah has refused to obey me,’ ” announces the Lord.

Jeremiah 6:2

I will destroy the city of Zion, even though it is very beautiful.

Lamentations 2:1

See how the Lord covered the city of Zion with the cloud of his anger! He threw Israel’s glory down from heaven to earth. When he was angry, he turned his back on his own city.

Lamentations 2:6

The Lord’s temple was like a garden. But he completely destroyed it. He destroyed the place where he used to meet with his people. He made Zion’s people forget their appointed feasts and Sabbath days. When he was very angry, he turned his back on king and priest alike.

Zechariah 2:10

“ ‘People of Zion, shout and be glad! I am coming to live among you,’ announces the Lord.

Zechariah 9:9

“City of Zion, be full of joy! People of Jerusalem, shout! See, your king comes to you. He always does what is right. He has won the victory. He is humble and riding on a donkey. He is sitting on a donkey’s colt.

John 12:15

“City of Zion, do not be afraid. See, your king is coming. He is sitting on a donkey’s colt.” (Zechariah 9:9)