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Isaiah Chapter 4
Bible
verses in black, commentary in green.
Isaiah 4
Using the Expanded
Bible (EXB)
1 At that
time [ In that day] seven women will grab one man [ war
will have decimated the male population] and say, “We will eat our own bread and make
[wear] our own clothes [ things a husband would normally provide],but please marry us [ let us
be called by your name]!
Please, take away our shame [disgrace; from
having no husband or children].”
The land and it’s people will be
devastated.
Isaiah 4 Commentary - Matthew Henry
Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise)
Chapter 4
The havoc occasioned by war. (1) The
times of the Messiah. (2-6)
Verse 1 This first verse belongs to the third chapter.
When the troubles should come upon the land, as the unmarried state was deemed
reproachful among the Jews, these women would act contrary to common usage, and
seek husbands for themselves.
&
In Bullingers companion bible, he states..
4.1 And, The fig Polysyndeton (app 6) links this verse to the previous
chapter.
In that day , not emphatic , or
at the beginning of this verse.
&
Isaiah 4 Commentary - Commentary
Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
CHAPTER 4
Isaiah 4:1-6 .
that day--the calamitous period
described in previous chapter.
seven--indefinite number among the Jews.
So many men would be slain, that there would be very many more women than men;
for example, seven women, contrary to their natural bashfulness, would sue to
(equivalent to "take hold of," Isaiah 3:6 ) one man to marry them.
eat . . . own bread--foregoing the
privileges, which the law ( Exodus 21:10 ) gives to wives, when a man has more
than one.
reproach--of being unwedded and
childless; especially felt among the Jews, who were looking for "the seed
of the woman," Jesus Christ, described in Isaiah 4:2 , Isaiah 54:1 Isaiah
54:4 , Luke 1:25 .
Luke 1:24 and 25
V24. After this his wife Elizabeth became pregnant
and for five months remained in seclusion.
V25. “The Lord has done this for me,” she said. “In
these days he has shown his favor and taken away my disgrace among the people.”
Paragraph heading: The Branch of the Lord (EXB)
2 At that
time [In that day] the
Lord’s branch [either the produce of the land or a title for the
Messiah (11:1; Jer. 23:5)] will be very beautiful and great [glorious]. What
grows on the land [The fruit of the land] will be the pride and joy [glory] of
the people still living in the land [survivors in Israel].
Paragraph heading: The Glory of the
Branch of Yahweh
Lexham English Bible (LEB)
2 On that day the branch of Yahweh shall
become beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land shall become the pride
and glory of the survivors[b] of Israel.
The “at that time” of verse 2, … is that
the same as the “at that time” of verse 1? NO according to Bullinger. Remember
the natural chapter break !
Bullingers Companion bible (condensed)
states that Isaiah 4: 2-6 … is referring to “Zion’s Future Glory”, i.e. after
the destruction of the great tribulation.
“The Lord’s branch is translated as “the
messiah of Jehovah” ,
- Shoot of
Yahweh (4:2a):
In that day the shoot of Yahweh will become beauty and
glory…
Like a tender shoot, Yahweh would plant
him in the soil of human history. Quote bibleprofessor.
- Fruit of the
Land (4:2b):
..and the fruit of the land [will become] the pride
and adornment of the survivors of Israel.
Fruit of the land is parallel to shoot
of Yahweh; the expression refers to the same leader. This title, unique to
Isaiah, suggests the leader’s humanity. He comes from the land (or earth) as
well as from Yahweh. He is of lowly birth. Unlike the haughty Judean women who
dote on trinkets and garments, this leader becomes the pride and adornment of
the survivors of Israel
3 Those who are still living in Jerusalem [remain in
Zion and those who are left in Jerusalem] will be called holy; their names [all
who] are recorded among the living in Jerusalem.
Those who are still living in Jerusalem
(at that time?) This time according to
Bullinger is future Jerusalem. Verse 1 of Isaiah 4, refers to seven women grabbing one man, and this is typical of
conventional war, where men would fight in an army, but the judgments of
Revelation will be indiscriminate to sexes in general, thus Isaiah 4:2-6 change in tone and context, from verse 1, and
the term “ those” is used.
KJV
V3. 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:
Note that in…
2 Samuel 5:7
New International Version (NIV)
V7. Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of
Zion—which is the City of David.
The phrase, “he that is left in Zion, and he that
remaineth in Jerusalem”, is simply a repetition for emphasis of the same thing.
4 The Lord will wash away the filth [vomit; excrement] from the
women of Jerusalem. Note it is “The Lord” who will
do the washing. The women of Jerusalem probably did not consider themselves
“filthy”. Their finery and ankle bracelets (Isaiah 3:16) were probably the
complete opposite in their own eyes. He will wash [cleanse] the
bloodstains out of Jerusalem with the spirit of fairness and the spirit of fire
[or with a wind/spirit of judgment and burning fire; or by the Spirit of
judgment and burning fire]. The bloodstains of
Jerusalem refer to Isaiah 3: 14, and the violence done by “the elders and other
leaders” to the “poor”. Bullinger says
Bloodstains (or blood) stands for “blood-guiltiness”. The “spirit of burning” carries
with it the connotation of fire, and cleansing.
The NIV says …by a (or the) spirit of judgment and a (or the) spirit of
fire. The KJV says, “by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.”,
“with a blast of searing judgment,” is how the Complete Jewish bible says it. Bullinger
says “spirit” can be translated “blast” as in Isaiah 11: 4, and 2 Thessalonians
2: 8. “Then that Man of Evil will appear and the Lord Jesus will kill him
with the breath that comes from his mouth [Isaiah. 11:4] and will destroy him
with the glory of his coming. Expanded Bible.
The new living translation says “cleanse Jerusalem of its bloodstains with
the hot breath of fiery judgment.”
In verses 2 & 3 the terms , very
beautiful and great, the pride and joy, will be called holy, are used, but without the cleansing, this
cannot happen.
5 Then the
Lord will cover [create over] Mount Zion and the people who meet there
[all her assemblies] with a cloud of smoke during the day and with a bright,
flaming fire at night [Ex. 13:21; 14:19–20]. There will be a covering of glory
over every person [or
canopy over all the glory].
NIV
5 Then the
Lord will create over all of Mount Zion and over those who assemble there……
Jubilee Bible 2000 (JUB)
5 And the
LORD will create upon every dwelling place of Mount Zion and upon the places of
her assemblies…..
Lexham English Bible (LEB)
5 Then
Yahweh will create over all of the site[c] of Mount Zion[d] and over her
assembly….
Many versions use the word “create”.
Complete Jewish Bible (CJB) V 5.5 Adonai will create over the whole site
of Mount Tziyon and over those who assemble there a smoking cloud by day and a
shining, flaming fire by night; for the Glory will be over everything like a hupah. Hupah is also spelled chuppah, and is
a marraige canopy.
Bullinger says, covering is “Canopy” in Heb. “Chupah”, or the marriage
canopy.
6 This covering
will protect the people [be a shelter for shade] from the heat of the
sun [by day] and will provide a safe place to hide [a refuge and shelter] from
the storm and rain.
KJV says…
And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the
day time from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm
and from rain.
And, Complete Jewish bible has the
following…
6 A sukkah
will give shade by day from the heat; it will also provide refuge and cover
from storm and rain.
The Bible professor http://bibleprofessor.com/files/Isaiah.pdf
says…
4. Booth (4:6a): a. Providing shade (4:6a): and a booth shall become a
shade by day from the heat… In 1:8 Judah had become nothing but a booth
(sukkah). Here the booth is sufficient to provide protection. The figure is
taken from the booths that shepherds used while watching the sheep.
Chapter 4.
The Lord will cleanse and protect Israel in that day
