Isaiah 1:8-10

Contemporary English Version

⁸Enemies surround Jerusalem,
alone like a hut
    in a vineyard^[a]
    or in a cucumber field.
⁹^(A) Zion would have disappeared
    like Sodom and Gomorrah,^[b]
if the Lord All-Powerful
had not let a few
    of its people survive.

Justice, Not Sacrifices

¹⁰You are no better
than the leaders and people
of Sodom and Gomorrah!
So listen to the Lord God:

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Footnotes

1.8 a hut in a vineyard: When it was almost time for grapes to ripen, farmers would put up a temporary shelter or hut in the field or vineyard and stay there to keep thieves and wild animals away.
1.9 Sodom and Gomorrah: Two ancient cities of Palestine that God destroyed because the people were so wicked (see Genesis 19.1-29).