> [[isaiah-03|← Previous]] | [[isaiah-00|TOC]] | [[isaiah-05|Next →]] --- # Isaiah, Chapter 4 ## Chapter 4 1 Seven women will take hold of one man ^isaiah-04-1 on that day, saying: “We will eat our own food and wear our own clothing; Only let your name be given us, put an end to our disgrace!” ### Jerusalem Purified 2 On that day, ^isaiah-04-2 The branch of the LORD will be beauty and glory, and the fruit of the land will be honor and splendor for the survivors of Israel. 3 Everyone who remains in Zion, ^isaiah-04-3 everyone left in Jerusalem Will be called holy: everyone inscribed for life in Jerusalem. 4 When the Lord washes away ^isaiah-04-4 the filth of the daughters of Zion, And purges Jerusalem’s blood from her midst with a blast of judgment, a searing blast, 5 Then will the LORD create, ^isaiah-04-5 over the whole site of Mount Zion and over her place of assembly, A smoking cloud by day and a light of flaming fire by night. 6 For over all, his glory will be shelter and protection: ^isaiah-04-6 shade from the parching heat of day, refuge and cover from storm and rain. \* (4:1) Seven women…one man: deportation (cf. note on [3:1] – [12]) would result in a disproportion of the sexes and leave the female population without enough male partners. The women are willing to marry, not for support, but to avoid disgrace. \* (4:2] – [6) Usually judged a later addition to the oracles of Isaiah. It relieves the threatening tone of the surrounding chaps. [3] and [5]. \* (4:2) Branch: the term (Heb. *semah*) that is sometimes used of the ideal Davidic king of the future (cf. [Jer 23:5]; [33:15]; [Zec 3:8]; [6:12]). However, the parallel “fruit of the land” does not favor that usage here. \* (4:3) Inscribed for life: in God’s list of the elect; cf. [Ex 32:32]. a. (4:3) [Is 6:13]; [Ob 17]; [Mal 3:16]. b. (4:4) [Is 1:21] – [28]. c. (4:5) ([[exodus-13|Ex 13]]:21]. d. (4:6) [Is 32:1] – [2]. --- _New American Bible, revised edition_ (2010, 1991, 1986, 1970) Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Washington, D.C. > [[isaiah-03|← Previous]] | [[isaiah-00|TOC]] | [[isaiah-05|Next →]]