Isaiah 4
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1At that time seven women will grab one man and say, “Please marry us! We will supply our own food and make our own clothes. You won’t have to do anything else if you let us wear your name and take away our shame.”
2At that time the Lord’s plant#4:2 the Lord’s plant This might refer to the country of Judah or to the future king or Messiah. See Isa. 5:7. will be very beautiful and glorious. The people in Israel who survived will be very proud of what the land grows. 3And all those who are left in Zion and Jerusalem will be called holy. Their names were on the list of people in Jerusalem who were allowed to live.
4The Lord will wash away the filth#4:4 wash away the filth This is like a special ceremony for washing away the blood after a menstrual period. After this a man and wife could have sexual relations. from the daughters of Zion.#4:4 daughters of Zion This can refer either to the small towns around Jerusalem or to the women living there. He will wash away the blood from Jerusalem. With a spirit of judgment that burns like fire, he will make everything pure. 5Then the Lord will create a cloud of smoke in the day and a bright flame of fire#4:5 cloud of smoke … fire The signs God used to show that he was with his people. at night over every building and over every meeting of the people on the mountain of Zion. And there will be a covering over everyone#4:5 everyone Literally, “glory,” but this can also mean “soul” or “person.” See Ps. 16:9. for protection. 6It will be a shelter to protect the people from the heat of the sun and from all kinds of storms and rain.
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Isaiah 4
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1And seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes, only let us be called by your name; take away our reproach.”
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Jer 23.5; 33.15; Zech 3.8; 6.12. In that day the branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land shall be the pride and glory of the survivors of Israel. 3And he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy, every one who has been recorded for life in Jerusalem, 4when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from its midst by a spirit of judgment and by a spirit of burning. 5Then the Lord will create over the whole site of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud by day, and smoke and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory there will be a canopy and a pavilion. 6It will be for a shade by day from the heat, and for a refuge and a shelter from the storm and rain.
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