The Book of the Prophet Isaiah

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- Chapter 4 -

And seven women will take hold of one man, in that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothing, only let us be called by your name, so as to take away our reproach.”

In that day, the seedling of the Lord will have magnificence and glory, and the fruit of the earth will be greatly-esteemed and a source of joy to those who will have been saved out of Israel.(a)

And this shall be: all who are left behind in Zion, and who remain in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, all who have been written in life in Jerusalem.(b)

Then the Lord will have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and will have washed away the blood of Jerusalem from its midst, by means of a spirit of judgment and a spirit of intense devotion.

And the Lord will create, over every place of Mount Zion and wherever he is called upon, a cloud by day and a smoke with the splendor of burning fire by night. For protection will be over every glory.

And there will be a tabernacle for shade from the heat in daytime, and for security, and for protection from the whirlwind and from rain.

Footnotes

(a)4:2 The bud of the Lord:That is, Christ.(Challoner)

(b)4:3 The meaning of the expression ‘omnis qui scriptus est in vita in Ierusalem’ is somewhat obscure. Bible translators should not try to take away all of the obscurity of the sacred texts, because in doing so they do violence to the many different levels of meaning of Scripture and so discourage the search for truth among readers of the Bible. Passages which are obscure in the source text should perhaps remain somewhat obscure in translation, lest the translator substitute his own limited understanding for the ineffable source of truth which is Sacred Scripture.(Conte)

Seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread, and wear our own clothing. Just let us be called by your name. Take away our reproach.”

In that day, the LORD’s branch will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the beauty and glory of the survivors of Israel.

It will happen that he who is left in Zion and he who remains in Jerusalem shall be called holy, even everyone who is written among the living in Jerusalem,

when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from within it, by the spirit of justice and by the spirit of burning.

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

There will be a pavilion for a shade in the daytime from the heat, and for a refuge and for a shelter from storm and from rain.