John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 4:1
And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man ,.... Not in the days of Ahaz, when Pekah, son of Remaliah, slew in Judah a hundred and twenty thousand men in one day, 2 Chronicles 28:6 as Kimchi thinks; for though there was then such a destruction of men, yet at the same time two hundred thousand women, with sons and daughters, were carried captive by the Israelites, 2 Chronicles 28:8 but in the days of Vespasian and Titus, and in the time of their wars with the Jews; in which... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 4:1
It was threatened (Isa. 3:25) that the mighty men should fall by the sword in war, and it was threatened as a punishment to the women that affected gaiety and a loose sort of conversation. Now here we have the effect and consequence of that great slaughter of men, 1. That though Providence has so wisely ordered that, communibus annis?on an average of years, there is nearly an equal number of males and females born into the world, yet, through the devastations made by war, there should scarcely... read more