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Enemies surround Jerusalem,
alone like a hut
    in a vineyard[a]
    or in a cucumber field.
(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

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

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Footnotes

  1. 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.
  2. 1.9 Sodom and Gomorrah: Two ancient cities of Palestine that God destroyed because the people were so wicked (see Genesis 19.1-29).

Daughter Zion(A) is left(B)
    like a shelter in a vineyard,
like a hut(C) in a cucumber field,
    like a city under siege.
Unless the Lord Almighty
    had left us some survivors,(D)
we would have become like Sodom,
    we would have been like Gomorrah.(E)

10 Hear the word of the Lord,(F)
    you rulers of Sodom;(G)
listen to the instruction(H) of our God,
    you people of Gomorrah!(I)

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