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From the sole of your foot to the top of your head
    there is nothing healthy,
    but only wounds, welts, and open sores.
Your wounds have not been cleaned or bandaged
    or soothed with olive oil.
Your country is desolate.
Your cities are burned with fire.
Foreigners devour your farmland right in front of your eyes,
and it is desolate, overthrown by foreigners.
The daughter of Zion[a] is left
    like a shelter in a vineyard,
    like a hut in a melon[b] field,
    like a besieged city.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 1:8 Daughter of Zion is a personification of Jerusalem and the people of Judah.
  2. Isaiah 1:8 Or cucumber