Isaiah 4
4
1On that day seven women
will seize one man,#Is 3:25 saying,
“We will eat our own bread
and provide our own clothing.
Just let us bear your name.
Take away our disgrace.”#Gn 19:31–32; 30:23; Neh 1:3; Is 54:4; Lk 1:25
Zion’s Future Glory
2On that day the Branch#4:2 Or plant of the Lord will be beautiful and glorious,#2Sm 23:4–5; Ps 132:17; Jr 23:5; 33:15; Zch 3:8; 6:12 and the fruit of the land#Ps 72:16; Is 27:6 will be the pride and glory#Is 3:18 of Israel’s survivors.#Gn 45:7; Jdg 21:17; 2Kg 19:30–31; Is 10:20; 37:31–32; Jl 2:32; Ob 17 3Whoever remains in Zion and whoever is left in Jerusalem#Is 28:5; Rm 11:4–5 will be called holy#Is 52:1; 62:12 — all in Jerusalem written in the book of life#4:3 Lit Jerusalem recorded for life#Ex 32:32; Ps 69:28; 87:6; 139:16; Is 49:16; Ezk 13:9; Mal 3:16; Lk 10:20; Ac 13:48 — 4when the Lord has washed away the filth#2Ch 4:6; Ezk 40:38; Zch 13:1 of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodguilt#Is 1:15; 3:13–15 from the heart of Jerusalem by a spirit of judgment#Is 28:6 and a spirit of burning.#Is 1:31; 9:19; 33:14; Mal 3:2; Mt 3:11; Lk 3:17 5Then the Lord will create#Gn 1:1; Is 40:26,28; 41:20; 43:1,7,15; 45:7–8; 65:17–18 a cloud of smoke by day#Ex 13:21–22; 14:20; 40:34; Nm 9:15–23 and a glowing flame of fire by night over the entire site of Mount Zion and over its assemblies. For there will be a canopy over all the glory,#4:5 Or For glory will be a canopy over all 6and there will be a shelter for shade from heat by day and a refuge and shelter from storm and rain.#Ps 27:5; Is 25:4; 32:1–2
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Isaiah 4
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1When this happens, seven women will grab the same man, and each of them will say, “I'll buy my own food and clothes! Just marry me and take away my disgrace.”#4.1 take away my disgrace: If a woman did not have a husband or children, it was thought that God was punishing her.
The Lord Will Bless His People Who Survive
2The time is coming when the Lord will make his land fruitful and glorious again, and the people of Israel who survive will take great pride in what the land produces. 3Everyone who is left alive in Jerusalem will be called special, 4after the Lord sends a fiery judgment to clean the city and its people of their violent deeds.
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Ex 13.21,22; 24.16. Then the Lord will cover the whole city and its meeting places with a thick cloud each day and with a flaming fire#4.5 thick … fire: This is how the Lord led the people of Israel during the 40 years they were in the desert (see Exodus 13.20-22; 40.36-38). each night. God's own glory will be like a huge tent that covers everything. 6It will provide shade from the heat of the sun and a place of shelter and protection from storms and rain.
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