Bible Dictionary
Cottage
A cottage was a temporary booth or shelter, such as the rough structure made for a watchman in a vineyard or garden. Scripture uses it as an image of frailty and impermanence.
Biblical Usage
Isaiah uses the cottage or booth as an image of the temporary shelter of a garden or vineyard watchman. Job compares a frail dwelling to such a structure, while Zephaniah uses a related term in a passage possibly referring to caves or wells.
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