Isaiah 4:3 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 4:2-6

By the foregoing threatenings Jerusalem is brought into a very deplorable condition: every thing looks melancholy. But here the sun breaks out from behind the cloud. Many exceedingly great and precious promises we have in these verses, giving assurance of comfort which may be discerned through the troubles, and of happy days which shall come after them, and these certainly point at the kingdom of the Messiah, and the great redemption to be wrought out by him, under the figure and type of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 4:3

And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem ,.... These are the persons to whom Christ appears beautiful and glorious, excellent and comely, who will be left, and remain in Zion and Jerusalem; by which is meant the Gospel church, or church as in the latter day; in which these shall continue, abide by the truths and doctrines of the Gospel, and the ordinances thereof, and persevere unto the end; even when Christ shall take his fan in his... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 4:3

Written among the living - That is, whose name stands in the enrolment or register of the people; or every man living, who is a citizen of Jerusalem. See Ezekiel 13:9 , where, "they shall not be written in the writing of the house of Israel," is the same with what immediately goes before, "they shall not be in the assembly of my people." Compare Psalm 69:28 ; Psalm 87:6 ; Exodus 32:32 . To number and register the people was agreeable to the law of Moses, and probably was always... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 4:1-6

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 4:2-6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 4:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 4:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 4:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 4:2-4

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

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