Isaiah 4:1

And in that day seven women will put their hands on one man, saying, There will be no need for you to give us food or clothing, only let us go under your name, so that our shame may be taken away.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

2In that day will the young growth of the Lord be beautiful in glory, and the fruit of the earth will be the pride of those who are still living in Israel.

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Cross References

Genesis 30:23And she was with child, and gave birth to a son: and she said, God has taken away my shame.

2 Samuel 6:23And Michal, Saul's daughter, had no child till the day of her death.

Isaiah 2:17And the high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low: and only the Lord will be lifted up in that day.

Isaiah 10:20And it will be in that day that the rest of Israel, and those of Jacob who have come safely through these troubles, will no longer go for help to him whose rod was on their back, but their faith will be in the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 17:7In that day a man's heart will be turned to his Maker, and his eyes to the Holy One of Israel.

Luke 1:25The Lord has done this to me, for his eyes were on me, to take away my shame in the eyes of men.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 4:1

In this chapter we have, I. A threatening of the paucity and scarceness of man ( ver. 1 ), which might fitly enough have been added to the close of the foregoing chapter, to which it has a plain reference. II. A promise of the restoration of Jerusalem's peace and purity, righteousness and safety, in the days of the Messiah, ver. 2-6 . Thus, in wrath, mercy is remembered, and gospel grace is a sovereign relief, in reference to the terrors of the law and the desolations made by sin. Read the whole commentary →

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