Isaiah 4

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 4:2

THE BRANCH OF THE LORD‘In that day shall the branch of the Lord be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.’ Isaiah 4:2 The symbolism of the text is double. He who is the ‘branch of the Lord’ is also the ‘fruit of the earth.’ A comparison with the other passages in which precisely the same word occurs ( Jeremiah 23:5; Zechariah 3:8; Zechariah 6:12) will make it clear that this phrase means the King Messiah. He was... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 4:1

They Will Also Lose Their Menfolk (Isaiah 3:25 to Isaiah 4:1 ). These women will also lose their menfolk in the troubles that are coming, so that they will have no one to protect them and provide them with their luxuries. How different things would have seemed if they had only trusted in Yahweh. Isaiah 3:25 to Isaiah 4:1 ‘Your men will fall by the sword, And your might in war, And her gates will lament and mourn, And she will be desolate and sit on the ground. And seven women will take hold... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 4:2-6

Chapter Isaiah 4:2-6 The Restoration. It is important to recognise here that Isaiah is looking forward and seeing the whole future as one. He is not just referring to the long distant future, but to the whole future stretching into time. He sees imminent judgment as coming, judgment which is not always necessarily to be seen as final judgment, although often including that idea, for it is a precursor to it. And he recognises that inevitably one day God’s final judgment will come, followed by... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 4:1

Isaiah 3:16 to Isaiah 4:1 . The Luxurious Ladies of Jerusalem and their Doom.— As Amos attacked the women of Samaria for their luxury, made possible through the oppression of the poor ( Amos 4:1), so Isaiah assails the luxury and haughtiness of the women. These West-end ladies, disdainful and affected, walking with short mincing steps, ogling the men with wanton glances, tinkling with their step-chains and making a clanging sound as they struck their ankle-rings together, will be smitten... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 4:2-6

Isaiah 4:2-Joshua : . Zion’ s Happy Estate.— Probably post-exilic on grounds of style, ideas, and imagery. In the blessed future the land will be glorious with vegetation and fruit for the holy remnant, that will escape the sifting judgment with which Yahweh will cleanse Jerusalem from its impurity and bloodshed. Then over the whole city and its assemblies He will create, as in the wilderness, cloud by day and flame by night, and a shelter from heat and storm. Isaiah 4:2 . branch of the Lord:... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 4

ISAIAH CHAPTER 4 In the extremity of evils, Christ’s glorious kingdom should appear to those who are left alive, Isaiah 4:1,Isaiah 4:2. They shall be holy, Isaiah 4:3; purged, Isaiah 4:4. A glory and defence upon them, Isaiah 4:5. A sanctuary from evils, Isaiah 4:6. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 4:1

In that day, of which he hath hitherto been speaking, Isaiah 2:0; Isaiah 3:0, and still continueth to speak. In that calamitous time. Seven; many. A certain number for an uncertain. Shall take hold; shall sue to him, and even lay hands upon him, contrary to their custom, and their natural modesty. Of one man; because few men shall survive that dreadful stroke. They who before were not contented with their own husbands, are now glad of a seventh part of a husband. We will eat our own bread, and... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 4:2

In that day; about and after that time; when the Lord shall have washed away (as this time is particularly expressed, Isaiah 4:4) the filth of Zion by those dreadful judgments now described. The branch of the Lord; either, 1. The church and people of Israel, oft called God’s vine or vineyard, as we saw before, and the branch of God’s planting, Isaiah 60:21. Or, 2. The Messiah, who is commonly defined in Scripture by this title, the Branch, Isaiah 11:1; Jeremiah 23:5; Jeremiah 33:15; Zechariah... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 4:3

Shall be called holy, i.e. shall be really holy, as is said, Isaiah 60:21. To be called is oft put for to be, as Genesis 21:12; Isaiah 1:26; Isaiah 44:5. Every one that is written among the living: so this is a restriction of the foregoing indefinite proposition. Not all that are left, but a great number of them, shall be holy, even all that are written, &c., i.e. all the elect, who are frequently described by this character, that they are written in God’s or the Lamb’s book, or in the book... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 4:4

When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion: this shall be accomplished when God hath thoroughly cleansed the Jewish nation from their sins. The blood; the blood-guiltness, and especially that of killing the Lord of life, their own Messiah. By the Spirit of judgment, and by the Spirit of burning: this is opposed to the former legal way of purification, which was by water. By the Spirit he seems to understand the Holy Spirit of God, to which this washing and purging... read more

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 4:2

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 4:1

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 4:2-6

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 4:1

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 4:2-6

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 4

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 4:1

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 4:2

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 4:3

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 4:4

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