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And daughter Zion[a] is left
    like a hut in a vineyard,
Like a shed in a melon patch,
    like a city blockaded.
If the Lord of hosts[b] had not
    left us a small remnant,
We would have become as Sodom,
    would have resembled Gomorrah.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 1:8 Daughter Zion: Jerusalem, as isolated as a little hut erected in a field for the shelter of watchmen and laborers.
  2. 1:9 Lord of hosts: God, who is the Creator and Ruler of the armies of Israel, the angels, stars, etc.