Isaiah 4:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 4:5

And the Lord will create - The meaning of this verse and the next is, that God would take his people into his holy care and protection. The idea is expressed by images drawn, in this verse, from the protection which he afforded to the Israelites in their journeying from Egypt. The word “create” means here, he will afford, or furnish, such a defense.Upon every dwelling-place ... - Upon all the habitations of his people; that is, they shall be secure, and regarded as under his protection. The... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 4:5

Isaiah 4:5 . And the Lord will create Will, in a marvellous manner, produce, as it were, by a new work of creation; upon every dwelling-place of mount Zion Upon all the private habitations of his people; and upon her assemblies Upon the places of their public worship, and the persons assembled therein; a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining, &c. He alludes to the pillar of a cloud and fire, which conducted and protected the Israelites in the wilderness, and afterward rested... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 4:2-6

New life (4:2-6)Having judged his people and removed sin, God blesses the righteous that remain. This new blessing is symbolized by a tree that bursts into new life and by a field that brings fresh growth. A new Israel is born where the people of God are those whom he has saved and made holy (2-4). In the new Jerusalem God dwells among and protects his people in a relationship far more wonderful than in previous times (5-6). read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 4:5

every dwelling place of mount Zion. Not merely over the Tabernacle as in the old Dispensation. assemblies = convocation. Hebrew. mikra . Reference to Pentateuch. See note on Isaiah 1:13 . upon = over. a defence = a canopy. Hebrew. chuppah , the marriage canopy. Not translated "defence" elsewhere. Occurs only here, Psalms 19:5 , and Joel 2:16 . Compare Isaiah 62:4 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 4:5-6

Isaiah 4:5-6. And the Lord will create, &c.— In this description of the external state and providential defence of the people of the Messiah, the metaphor is taken from the ancient symbol of the pillar of cloud and fire. Upon all the glory shall be a defence, means that the divine protection and defence shall be every where present, where God manifests himself by the extraordinary signs of his gracious presence. Every symbol of the divine grace and glory, such as was the cloud, brings with... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 4:5

5. create—The "new creation" needs as much God's creative omnipotence, as the material creation (2 Corinthians 4:6; Ephesians 2:10). So it shall be in the case of the Holy Jerusalem to come (Isaiah 65:17; Isaiah 65:18). upon—The pillar of cloud stood over the tabernacle, as symbol of God's favor and presence (Exodus 13:21; Exodus 13:22; Psalms 91:1). Both on individual families ("every dwelling") and on the general sacred "assemblies" (Psalms 91:1- :). The "cloud" became a "fire" by night in... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 4:2-6

3. God’s determination for Israel 4:2-6Having begun this oracle by clarifying God’s desire for Israel (Isaiah 2:1-4), the prophet proceeded to contrast her present condition. She depended on people rather than Himself, a condition that would result in divine discipline (Isaiah 2:5 to Isaiah 4:1). Next, and in conclusion, he revealed that God would indeed bring what He determined for His chosen people to completion in the future (Isaiah 4:2-6). Israel’s destiny would be glorious-in spite of... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 4:5-6

God definitely would not abandon His people Israel in the coming judgment, but would share His presence with them and care for them by providing protection and guidance. Failure in leadership marked Israel in Isaiah’s day (Isaiah 3:2-7), but God Himself would lead the nation in the future. In the past, God had done this by sheltering the wilderness wanderers with a cloudy pillar, but in the future a similar covering would protect the dwellers at Mount Zion. The daughters of Jerusalem tried... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 4:1-6

1. The women do not claim to be kept as the man’s wives, but only pray that he will remove from them the reproach of being childless (cp. Genesis 30:23), so depopulated has the land become. The v. belongs to Isaiah 3.In that day] i.e. when the Day of God’s judgment (Isaiah 2:12; Isaiah 3:18) is over.2. Branch] not here a title of Messiah (the word is not the same in Isaiah 11:1) but referring to the verdure of the land. Fertility of the soil is often a feature of the ideal future in the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 4:5

(5) And the Lord will create . . .—The verb “create” has all the solemn force with which we find it in Genesis 1:1. It is one of Isaiah’s favourite words. The word for “dwelling-place” is almost invariably used for the tabernacle or temple, and would seem to have that meaning here. This determines the character of the “assemblies.” They are not the meetings of the people for counsel or debate, as in a Greek ecclesia, but their “gatherings,” their “solemn assemblies,” in the courts of the... read more