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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 4:2-6

2-6 Not only the setting forth Christ's kingdom in the times of the apostles, but its enlargement by gathering the dispersed Jews into the church, is foretold. Christ is called the Branch of the Lord, being planted by his power, and flourishing to his praise. The gospel is the fruit of the Branch of the Lord; all the graces and comforts of the gospel spring from Christ. It is called the fruit of the earth, because it sprang up in this world, and was suited for the present state. It will be good... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Isaiah 4:1-6

The Inviting Comeliness of the Branch of Jehovah v. 2. In that day, in the Messianic period preceding the end of the world, shall the Branch of the Lord, the great Son of David, the Messiah Himself, Isaiah 11:1; Isaiah 53:2; Zechariah 3:8, be beautiful and glorious, literally, "ornament and glory," emphasizing these attributes as essential in the miraculous person of Christ, and the Fruit of the earth, the Savior Himself, product of the human race, growing up out of the house of David... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Isaiah 4:2-6

C.—The second prophetic lamp, which, in the light of the glorious divine fruit of the last time, makes known the bad fruits of the presentIsaiah 4:2 to Isaiah 5:301. THE SECOND PROPHETIC LAMP ITSELF AND THE GLORIOUS DIVINE FRUIT OF THE FUTURE DISPLAYED BY ITIsaiah 4:2-62          In that day shall 1the branch of the Lord be beautiful and glorious21,And the fruit of the earth shall be 3excellent and comely4For them that are escaped of Israel,3     And it shall come to pass, that he that is left... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Isaiah 4:1-6

Vanity and Selfish Luxury Condemned Isaiah 3:13-26 ; Isaiah 4:1-6 This paragraph opens with the majestic figure of Jehovah Himself, who arises to judge the misrulers and plead the cause of the poor. The prophet enumerates the trinkets of the women of Israel, who had given themselves up to luxury and corruption. Woman is the priestess and prophetess of the home and religion, and when she forsakes the level of spiritual influence for that of physical adornment, the salt has lost its savor and... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 4:1-6

In all human history there has been a close connection between corrupt rulers and frivolous and polluted womanhood. Fierce is the prophet's denunciation of such. Their wantonness and their luxury are to be ended. They are to be visited by physical diction, and the sweeping out of all the things associated with their corrupt and luxurious life, and by the death of men. The appeal ends with another description of the days following the judgment. They are to be characterized by material... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 4:2

THE BRANCH OF THE LORD‘In that day shall the branch of the Lord be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.’ Isaiah 4:2 The symbolism of the text is double. He who is the ‘branch of the Lord’ is also the ‘fruit of the earth.’ A comparison with the other passages in which precisely the same word occurs ( Jeremiah 23:5; Zechariah 3:8; Zechariah 6:12) will make it clear that this phrase means the King Messiah. He was... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 4:2-6

Chapter Isaiah 4:2-6 The Restoration. It is important to recognise here that Isaiah is looking forward and seeing the whole future as one. He is not just referring to the long distant future, but to the whole future stretching into time. He sees imminent judgment as coming, judgment which is not always necessarily to be seen as final judgment, although often including that idea, for it is a precursor to it. And he recognises that inevitably one day God’s final judgment will come, followed by... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 4:2-6

Isaiah 4:2-Joshua : . Zion’ s Happy Estate.— Probably post-exilic on grounds of style, ideas, and imagery. In the blessed future the land will be glorious with vegetation and fruit for the holy remnant, that will escape the sifting judgment with which Yahweh will cleanse Jerusalem from its impurity and bloodshed. Then over the whole city and its assemblies He will create, as in the wilderness, cloud by day and flame by night, and a shelter from heat and storm. Isaiah 4:2 . branch of the Lord:... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 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 branch of the Lord; either, 1. The church and people of Israel, oft called God’s vine or vineyard, as we saw before, and the branch of God’s planting, Isaiah 60:21. Or, 2. The Messiah, who is commonly defined in Scripture by this title, the Branch, Isaiah 11:1; Jeremiah 23:5; Jeremiah 33:15; Zechariah... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 4:3

Shall be called holy, i.e. shall be really holy, as is said, Isaiah 60:21. To be called is oft put for to be, as Genesis 21:12; Isaiah 1:26; Isaiah 44:5. Every one that is written among the living: so this is a restriction of the foregoing indefinite proposition. Not all that are left, but a great number of them, shall be holy, even all that are written, &c., i.e. all the elect, who are frequently described by this character, that they are written in God’s or the Lamb’s book, or in the book... read more

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