Isaiah 4

In that day shall the branch of the Lord , etc. Some see in this passage merely a promise that in the Messianic times the produce of the soil would become more abundant than ever before, its harvests richer, and its fruitage more luxuriant. But in the light of later prophecy it is scarcely possible to shut up the meaning within such narrow limits. The "Branch" of Isaiah can hardly be isolated altogether in a sound exegesis from the "Branch" of Jeremiah ( Jeremiah 23:5 ; Jeremiah 33:15 )... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 4:2

The Divine and human Messiah. This verse has been explained as a promise merely of the renewed fertility of the earth in God's day of restorings. That explanation is not, however, deep enough. It does not recognize how characteristic it was of the ancient prophets to refer to local and historical circumstances while their minds soared away to those Messianic pictures, which local incidents only suggested. The constant thought of the prophets was the ideal age and ideal person of Messiah,... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 4:2-4

Restoration. It is uncertain whether-there is a secondary allusion here to the coming of the Messiah; but it is certain that, in its primary sense, the passage refers to the condition of Judah after the return from exile. Treating it in this latter signification, we learn— I. THAT THE END OF DIVINE JUDGMENT IS HUMAN TRANSFORMATION . ( Isaiah 4:4 .) The Lord would "wash away the filth of the daughters of Zion … by the spirit [or, 'power'] of judgment." It may be that... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 4:2-6

As the present prophecy (Isaiah 2-4.), though in the main one of threatening and denunciation, opened with a picture that was encouraging and comforting ( Isaiah 2:2-4 ), so new it terminates with a similar picture. The evangelical prophet, like the great apostle of the Gentiles, is unwilling that any one should be "swallowed up with overmuch sorrow." He will not separate the mercies of God from his judgments. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 4:2-6

The glories of the restored Church. Three principal glories are here noted by the prophet as belonging to "that day"—the day of judgment upon Judah and Jerusalem for their manifold sins, and of restoration and re-establishment of the mountain of God's Church at the head of the mountains ( Isaiah 2:2 ). These are— I. THE COMING OF MESSIAH TO FOUND HIS CHURCH LIES AT THE ROOT OF ALL . The glorious "Branch"—the new shoot of the house of David ( Isaiah 11:1 ... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 4:2-6

Glimpse of future prosperity. There will come a day when the cleansing fire will have run its course through the spiritual field, consuming the tares. The impurity of licentious luxury will have been washed away, the stain of blood effaced from Judah's rulers ( Isaiah 3:14 ; comp. Isaiah 1:25 ; Isaiah 6:13 ; Matthew 3:11 ). Then, and then only, can the glorious day come in the vision of which the prophet exults. I. NATIONAL CONDITIONS OF PROSPERITY . "The shoot of... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 4:3

He that is left … he that remaineth . Equivalent to the " escaped " of the preceding verse. Shall be called holy . Strikingly fulfilled in the filet that the early Christians were known as titter, " holy ," or κλητοὶ ἅγοι , "those called to be holy," in the first age ( Acts 9:13 , Acts 9:32 , Acts 9:41 ; Acts 26:10 ; Romans 1:7 ; 1 Corinthians 1:2 ; 2 Corinthians 1:1 ; Ephesians 1:1 ; Philippians 1:1 , etc.). Perhaps, however, more is meant than this. The early... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 4:3

The roll of the living. "Every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem." For the figure of "Jehovah's book," or the "book of life," see Exodus 32:32 ; Psalms 56:8 ; Psalms 69:28 ; Malachi 3:16 ; Daniel 12:1 ; Philippians 4:3 ; Revelation 13:8 ; Revelation 21:27 . Matthew Henry says, "Those that are kept alive in killing, dying times were written for life in the book of Divine providence; and shall we not suppose those who are rescued from a greater death to be such... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 4:4

When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion (see Isaiah 3:16-24 ). Sin must not be merely repented of and pardoned; it must be put away. There could be no Jerusalem, in which all should be "called holy," until the moral defilement of the daughters of Zion was swept away. Purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst (comp. Isaiah 1:15 ; Isaiah 59:3 ). It is possible, however, that the murder of infants in sacrifice to Moloch may be in the prophet's mind.... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 4:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 4:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 4:2

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 4:2-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 4:2-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 4:2-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 4:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 4:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 4:4

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