A.M. 3244. B.C. 760. 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 a defence upon them, Isaiah 4:5 . A sanctuary from evils, Isaiah 4:6 . read more
Isaiah 4:1. In that day Of which he has hitherto been speaking, chap. 2. and 3., and still continues to speak; in that calamitous time; seven women shall take hold on one man “The war and captivity shall make such a prodigious scarcity in the male sex, that seven women shall be glad to apply to a single man for protection, preservation, and marriage: and shall importune him, though contrary to the natural modesty of their sex, to consent to take away their reproach For not barrenness... read more
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 third part of this discourse, the reader will observe, begins here, in which is set forth the flourishing state of the remnant of the Jews after the times of the former calamity. Shall the branch of the Lord be beautiful and glorious The church and people of Israel may be here... read more
Isaiah 4:3. And he that is left in Zion Those that escape the common destruction brought on their countrymen; see Isaiah 4:2; shall be called holy Shall be really such. The Jews that survived the Babylonish captivity, and returned into their own land, were greatly reformed, especially in one point, they relapsed no more into idolatry: and in other respects also a spirit of religion was revived among them. But the prophecy was much more eminently fulfilled in the first converts from... read more
Isaiah 4:4. When the Lord shall have washed away the filth, &c. This shall be accomplished when God shall have thoroughly cleansed the Jewish nation from their sins; and shall have purged away the blood of Jerusalem The sins of cruelty and oppression, (Isaiah 5:7,) or of bloodshed and murder, particularly in killing the prophets, and persecuting God’s servants. By the spirit of judgment and burning By the effects of his justice and wrath in punishing them severely; by making them... read more
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
Isaiah 4:6. And there shall be, &c. Or, He, that is, the Lord, shall be, a tabernacle, or a tent, for a shadow from the heat, &c. He alludes to the circumstance of tents being necessary, in those eastern countries, to defend people from the intolerable heat of the sun, and the violent tempests which frequently happen; in consequence of which a portable tent becomes an important part of a traveller’s baggage, for defence and shelter. Thus, he signifies, the Christian Church, in... read more
Ungodly society (3:1-4:1)Isaiah now gives a picture of the end of a society characterized by human self-sufficiency and self-centredness. The government collapses, resulting in a shortage of basic necessities such as food and water. Judah had previously depended for leadership on a variety of people, good and bad - statesmen, soldiers, judges, prophets, magicians - but now no one can be found to lead the country (3:1-3). Power falls into the hands of immature youths, and lawlessness results.... read more
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
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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 4:6
And there shall be a tabernacle - The reference here is to the “tabernacle,” or sacred “tent” that God directed Moses to make in the wilderness. The image of the cloudy pillar mentioned in the previous verses, seems to have suggested to the mind of the prophet the idea of the tabernacle over which that pillar rested. The principal idea here is, however, not a tabernacle as a symbol of the divine protection, or of divine worship, but of a place of refuge from a tempest; that is, that they should... read more