Read Isaiah chapter 4 (New Living Translation) on maBible, the Bible online. In this chapter: A Promise of Restoration.
1 In that day so few men will be left that seven women will fight for each man, saying, “Let us all marry you! We will provide our own food and clothing. Only let us take your name so we won’t be mocked as old maids.”
A Promise of Restoration
2 But in that day, the branch of the Lord
will be beautiful and glorious;
the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory
of all who survive in Israel.
3 All who remain in Zion
will be a holy people—
those who survive the destruction of Jerusalem
and are recorded among the living.
4 The Lord will wash the filth from beautiful Zion
and cleanse Jerusalem of its bloodstains
with the hot breath of fiery judgment.
5 Then the Lord will provide shade for Mount Zion
and all who assemble there.
He will provide a canopy of cloud during the day
and smoke and flaming fire at night,
covering the glorious land.
6 It will be a shelter from daytime heat
and a hiding place from storms 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
Notes and references
Or the Branch.
Or from the women of Zion; Hebrew reads from the daughters of Zion.