Yǐsaìyàshū 1:8

8 Jǐn cún Xī \'ān chéng ( chéng yuánwén zuò nǚzi ) , hǎoxiàng pútaóyuán de cǎo péng , guā tián de maó wū , beì wéi kùn de chéngyì .

Yǐsaìyàshū 1:8 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 1:8

And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in the
vineyard
The Targum is,

``after they have got in the vintage.''

A cottage in the vineyard was a booth, as the word ^F5 signifies, which was erected in the middle of the vineyard for the keeper of the vineyard to watch in night and day, that the fruit might not be hurt by birds, or stolen by thieves, and was a very, lonely place; and when the clusters of the vine were gathered, this cottage or booth was left by the keeper himself: and such it is suggested Jerusalem should be, not only stand alone, the cities all around being destroyed by the besiegers, but empty of inhabitants itself, when taken. As a lodge in a garden of cucumbers:
the Targum adds here also,

``after they have gathered them out of it.''

A lodge in a garden of cucumbers was built up for the gardener to watch in at night, that nobody came and stole away the cucumbers, and this was also a lonely place; but when the cucumbers were gathered, the gardener left his lodge entirely; and such a forsaken place would Jerusalem be at the time of its destruction; see ( Luke 19:43 Luke 19:44 ) as a besieged city;
which is in great distress, and none care to come near it, and as many as can make their escape out of it; or "as a city kept"; so Gussetius ^F6, who understands this, and all the above clauses, of some places preserved from the sword in the common desolation.

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 (hkok) (wv skhnh) , Sept.
F6 (hrwun ryek) "ut urbs custodita", Gusset. Comment. Ling. Ebr. p. 529. "Observata vel observanda", Forerius.

Yǐsaìyàshū 1:8 In-Context

6 Cóng jiǎo zhǎng dào tóu dǐng , méiyǒu yī chù wánquán de . jìng shì shāng kǒu , qīng zhǒng , yǔ xīn dǎ de shāng hén . dōu méiyǒu shōu kǒu , méiyǒu chán guǒ , yĕ méiyǒu yòng gāo zīrùn .

7 Nǐmen de dì tǔ yǐjing huāngliáng . nǐmen de chéngyì beì huǒ fùn huǐ . nǐmen de tiándì , zaì nǐmen de yǎnqián wèi waìbāngrén suǒ qīntūn , jì beì waìbāngrén qīngfù , jiù chéngwéi huāngliáng .

8 Jǐn cún Xī \'ān chéng ( chéng yuánwén zuò nǚzi ) , hǎoxiàng pútaóyuán de cǎo péng , guā tián de maó wū , beì wéi kùn de chéngyì .

9 Ruò bù shì wàn jūn zhī Yēhéhuá gĕi wǒmen shāo liú yú zhòng , wǒmen zǎo yǐ xiàng Suǒduōmǎ , Gémólā de yàngzi le .

10 Nǐmen zhè Suǒduōmǎ de guān zhǎng a , yào tīng Yēhéhuá de huà . nǐmen zhè Gémólā de bǎixìng a , yào zhāi ĕr tīng wǒmen de shén de xùn huì .