Isaiahchapter 4

6 verses · ASV

This chapter sends 125 cross-references outward and receives 114 — heaviest partner: Isaiah.

Chapter summary

Seven women take hold of one man in that day, asking only to bear his name and remove their reproach — the aftermath of chapter 3's slaughter. Then the tone reverses: the branch of Jehovah becomes beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land excellent for the escaped of Israel. Those left in Zion and Jerusalem are called holy, everyone written among the living, once the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and purged Jerusalem's blood by a spirit of justice and a spirit of burning. Over the whole site of Mount Zion and her assemblies Jehovah creates a cloud and smoke by day and the shining of a flaming fire by night, a covering over the glory — a pavilion for shade from heat and a refuge from storm and rain.

Drafted from Matthew Henry, Calvin, Gill, Clarke, JFB, and Barnes.

Context

Prophecy · Isaiah — see the Isaiah overview for the book's full setting.

1 And seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name; take thou away our reproach.

2 In that day shall the branch of Jehovah be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.

3 And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem;

4 when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof, by the spirit of justice, and by the spirit of burning.

5 And Jehovah will create over the whole habitation of mount Zion, and over her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory shall be spread a covering.

6 And there shall be a pavilion for a shade in the day-time from the heat, and for a refuge and for a covert from storm and from rain.

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