Isaiah 4 DBY
Summary: The chapter opens with a grim picture of judgment's aftermath: so many men will have died that seven women will cling to one man, asking only to bear his name and remove their reproach. It then turns to hope, describing "the branch of the LORD" as beautiful and glorious, and a remnant left in Zion called holy, purged by a spirit of judgment and burning. Over Mount Zion the LORD will create a canopy of cloud by day and fire by night, echoing the wilderness pillar, providing shelter from heat, storm, and rain. The short chapter thus pairs devastating loss with the promise of a cleansed, divinely protected remnant.
1And seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, Our own bread will we eat, and with our own garments will we be clothed; only let us be called by thy name; — take away our reproach!
2In that day there shall be a sprout of Jehovah for beauty and glory, and the fruit of the earth for excellency and for ornament for those that are escaped of Israel.
3And it shall come to pass that he who remaineth in Zion, and he that is left in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, — every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem;
4when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have scoured out the blood of Jerusalem from its midst, by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.
5And Jehovah will create over every dwelling-place of mount Zion, and over its convocations, a cloud by day and a smoke, and the brightness of a flame of fire by night: for over all the glory shall be a covering.
6And there shall be a tabernacle for shade by day from the heat, and for a shelter and for a covert from storm and from rain.
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