Isaiah 4:1

At that time seven women will grab hold of one man and tell him, “We'll eat our own food and we can provide our own clothes. Just let us take your name by being married to you. Please take away our disgrace!”

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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

2But at that time, the “branch of the Lord” will be attractive and glorious; the fruit the land produces will be the pride and glory of the survivors who are left in Israel.

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Cross References

Genesis 30:23She became pregnant and had a son. “God has removed my disgrace,” she said.

2 Samuel 6:23And Michal, Saul's daughter, never had any children.

Isaiah 2:17The arrogant will be humbled; the proud will be brought low. On that day only the Lord will be lifted high.

Isaiah 10:20At that time those who are left in Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer trust in those who turn on them, but they will truly trust in the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 17:7At that time people will pay attention to their Creator and look to the Holy One of Israel.

Luke 1:25“The Lord has done this for me,” she said, “now that he's taken away my disgrace in the eyes of others.”

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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