Read Isaiah chapter 4 (New International Version) on maBible, the Bible online. In this chapter: The Branch of the Lord.
1 In that day seven women
will take hold of one man
and say, “We will eat our own food
and provide our own clothes;
only let us be called by your name.
Take away our disgrace!”
The Branch of the Lord
2 In that day the Branch of the Lord will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of the survivors in Israel.
3 Those who are left in Zion, who remain in Jerusalem, will be called holy, all who are recorded among the living in Jerusalem.
4 The Lord will wash away the filth of the women of Zion; he will cleanse the bloodstains from Jerusalem by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of fire.
5 Then the Lord will create over all of Mount Zion and over those who assemble there a cloud of smoke by day and a glow of flaming fire by night; over everything the glory will be a canopy.
6 It will be a shelter and shade from the heat of the day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and rain.
Chapter themes
The day of judgment — And in that day
The shortage of men — seven women shall take hold of one man
Providing for themselves — We will eat our own bread
Taking away the shame — only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach
The promised branch — the branch of the LORD
Glory revealed — be beautiful and glorious
A fruitful land — the fruit of the earth
The rescued remnant — for them that are escaped of Israel
A consecrated people — shall be called holy
The book of life — every one that is written
Destined to live — among the living
The cleansing of Zion — washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion
Wiping away shed blood — shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof
The fire that judges — by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning
Zion and her assemblies — upon her assemblies
The glory of the LORD — for upon all the glory
God shelters his people — shall be a defence
In God's shade — a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat
Sheltered from the storm — for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain