Isaiah 4:3-4

3 Those who are left in Zion, who remain in Jerusalem, will be called holy, all who are recorded among the living in Jerusalem.
4 The Lord will wash away the filth of the women of Zion; he will cleanse the bloodstains from Jerusalem by a spirit[a] of judgment and a spirit[b] of fire.

Isaiah 4:3-4 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 4

The "first" verse of this chapter Isa 4:1 seems more properly to belong to the preceding chapter, which declares such a scarcity of men, through the destruction of them in war, there predicted, that there should be seven women to one man; who, contrary to their natural modesty, would make suit to him; and, contrary to custom, propose to provide their own food and raiment, only desiring to be called by his name. After which, Isa 4:2, follows a prophecy of Christ, who is described by his names, the branch of the Lord, and the fruit of the earth; and by proper epithets of him, as such, beautiful, glorious, excellent, and comely; and by the persons to whom he is so, the escaped of Israel, to whom various blessings are promised; as the sanctification of them, the source of which is their election, and the means of it the spirit of judgment and burning, Isa 4:3,4 and the protection and preservation of them, by the Lord's creating, as for Israel of old, a cloud of smoke to rest upon them by day, and a shining of flaming fire by night, and by being himself a tabernacle to screen them from heat in the day, and a place of refuge to cover them from storm and rain, Isa 4:5,6.

Cross References 10

  • 1. S Isaiah 1:26
  • 2. Isaiah 1:9; Romans 11:5
  • 3. S Exodus 19:6; Isaiah 26:2; Isaiah 45:25; Isaiah 52:1; Isaiah 60:21; Joel 3:17; Obadiah 1:17; Zephaniah 3:13
  • 4. S Psalms 56:8; S Psalms 87:6; S Luke 10:20
  • 5. Isaiah 3:24
  • 6. S Song of Songs 3:11
  • 7. S Psalms 51:2
  • 8. S Isaiah 1:15
  • 9. Isaiah 28:6
  • 10. S Isaiah 1:31; S Isaiah 30:30; S Zechariah 13:9; Matthew 3:11; Luke 3:17

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