Isaiah 1:8
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8 And daughter Zion is left
like a booth in a vineyard,
like a shelter in a cucumber field,
like a besieged city.
Isaiah 5:13
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13 Therefore my people go into exile for lack of knowledge;
their nobles are dying of hunger,
and their multitude is parched with thirst.(A)
Isaiah 27:10
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10 For the fortified city is solitary,
a habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness;
the calves graze there;
there they lie down and strip its branches.(A)
Isaiah 54:6
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6 For the Lord has called you
like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit,
like the wife of a man’s youth when she is cast off,
says your God.(A)
Isaiah 54:7
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7 For a brief moment I abandoned you,
but with great compassion I will gather you.(A)
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