이사야 Chapter 4

Translation: ESV

1

And seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, "We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes, only let us be called by your name; take away our reproach."

Key Message

The social collapse caused by the ravages of war inflicts the greatest suffering on the most vulnerable class, and this is the consequence of disobedience.

▸This is the situation resulting from the judgment of chapter 3 where men have died in war and men have become extremely scarce.

This is the situation resulting from the judgment of chapter 3 where men have died in war and men have become extremely scarce. Seven women clinging to one man depicts the wretched social landscape overflowing with widows and women left alone. In ancient society, a woman without a husband suffered both social shame and economic poverty simultaneously.

Related Verses

Your men shall fall by the sword and your mighty men in battle.
2

In that day the branch of the LORD shall be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land shall be the pride and honor of the survivors of Israel.

Key Message

The new life God causes to sprout after judgment brings glory and beauty to the survivors, and this is the messianic vision of restoration.

▸This is a vision of restoration that suddenly pivots after the judgment.

3

And he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy, everyone who has been recorded for life in Jerusalem,

Key Message

The remnant recorded in God's book of life are called holy after judgment, and this is the heart of Isaiah's remnant theology.

▸'Those recorded' refers to those whose names are written in God's book of life, the heart of the remnant theology.

4

when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from its midst by a spirit of judgment and by a spirit of burning.

Key Message

God's Spirit purifies the community through judgment and burning, and this purification produces the holy remnant.

▸The method of purification is explained: a spirit of judgment and a spirit of burning.

5

Then the LORD will create over the whole site of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud by day, and smoke and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory there will be a canopy.

Key Message

In eschatological Zion, God's presence covers every dwelling place, and this is the full realization of God's protection symbolized by the pillar of cloud and pillar of fire of the Exodus.

▸This is a vision that the pillar of cloud and pillar of fire of the Exodus era will reappear over eschatological Zion.

6

There will be a booth for shade by day from the heat, and for a refuge and a shelter from the storm and rain.

Key Message

God's presence is the complete refuge from all threats of life, and this is the divine protection to be fully realized in eschatological Zion.

▸The concluding verse of the restoration vision in chapter 4.