Isaiah 1:7-9

New Century Version

⁷ Your land is ruined;
    your cities have been burned with fire.
While you watch,
    your enemies are stealing everything from your land;
    it is ruined like a country destroyed by enemies.
⁸ Jerusalem is left alone
    like an empty shelter in a vineyard,
like a hut left in a field of melons,
    like a city surrounded by enemies.
⁹ The Lord All-Powerful
    allowed a few of our people to live.
    Otherwise we would have been completely destroyed
    like the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.