 Since it was outside the walls and open to Bedouin raids, pillage and general banditry rampant in the region at the time, the Jews were reluctant to move in, even though the housing was luxurious compared to the derelict and overcrowded houses in the Old City.As an incentive, people were even paid to live there, and a stone wall was built around the compound with a heavy door that was locked at night.The name of the neighborhood was taken from the Book of Isaiah