Isaiah 1:8
Douay-Rheims
And the daughter of Sion shall be left as a covert in a vineyard, and as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, and as a city that is laid waste.
Francis Patrick Kenrick
The combined forces of Samaria and Damascus. The description is applicable to Judea at various periods of her history. u Being actually overrun by enemies, it is desolate. u The Hebrews called cities daughters, considering them under the figure of maidens. The noun was taken in a collective sense for the Inhabitants. " In calling Sion by the name of daughter, God manifests the affection of a most clement Father.** St Jerome.
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1863 · Isaias 1:8
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.