Isaiah 4

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Isaiah 4:2-6

CHAPTER 4 Zion’s Future Cleansing and Glory 1. Israel regathered and cleansed (Isaiah 4:2-4 ) 2. Jehovah’s visible glory revealed (Isaiah 4:5-6 ) The Branch of the Lord (Jehovah) is the Lord Jesus Christ. After judgment has been executed cleansing is promised and glory is established on Mount Zion. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Isaiah 4:1

4:1 And in that day {a} seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only {b} let us be called by thy name, to take away our {c} reproach.(a) When God will executes this vengeance there will not be one man found to be the head to many women, and they contrary to womanly shamefacedness will seek men, and offer themselves under any condition.(b) He our husband and let us be called your wives.(c) For so they thought it to be without a head... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Isaiah 4:2

4:2 In that day shall the {d} branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth [shall be] the pride and glory of them that have escaped of Israel.(d) He comforts the Church in this desolation which will spring up like a bud signifying that God’s graces should be as plentiful toward the faithful as though they sprang out of the earth, as in Isaiah 45:8 . Some by the bud of the Lord mean Christ. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Isaiah 4:3

4:3 And it shall come to pass, [that he that is] left in Zion, and [he that] remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, [even] every one that is {e} written among the living in Jerusalem:(e) He alludes to the book of life, of which read Exodus 32:32 meaning God’s secret counsel, in which his elect are predestinated to life everlasting. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Isaiah 4:4

4:4 When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the {f} blood of Jerusalem from the midst of it by the spirit of {g} judgment, and by the spirit of burning.(f) That is, the cruelty, extortion, malice and all wickedness.(g) When things will be addressed that were amiss. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Isaiah 4:5

4:5 And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, {h} a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the {i} glory [shall be] a defence.(h) He alludes to the pillar of the cloud, Exodus 13:21 , meaning that God’s favour and protection should appear in every place.(i) The faithful are called the glory of God because his image and tokens of his grace shine in them. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Isaiah 4:6

4:6 And there shall be a tabernacle for a shade in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm {k} and from rain.(k) God promises to be the defence of his Church against all troubles and dangers. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Isaiah 4:1-6

GENERAL DISCOURSES The first five chapters of Isaiah form a natural division, to which, for want of a better title, we give that of General Discourses, or messages. The first is limited to chapter 1, the second covers chapters 2-4, and the third chapter 5. But first notice the introduction, Isaiah 1:1 . By what word is the whole book described? What genealogy of the prophet is given? To which kingdom was he commissioned, Israel or Judah? In whose reigns did he prophesy? Examine 2 Kings,... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Isaiah 4:1-6

The "Branch" Isaiah 4:0 This verse should be part of the preceding chapter, the very climax, indeed, of the ruin which Zion has brought upon herself. Read chap. Isaiah 3:25-26 : "Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war. And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground." Then follows: "And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Isaiah 4:1

CONTENTS This is a most blessed, though short chapter; containing in its bosom some precious views, and precious promises concerning Jesus, and the blessedness of his salvation, amidst the sins, and sorrows; and distresses, which arise out of the fallen state of our nature. Isaiah 4:1 The day here spoken of, is, no doubt, meant to refer to the gospel day. And the beauty of what is here said, will be very striking, if we spiritually consider it. By the law of Moses, if a man married more wives... read more

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