Isaiah 4:1

And seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own raiment: only let thy name be called upon us, and take away our reproach.

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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

2And in that day God shall shine gloriously in counsel on the earth, to exalt and glorify the remnant of Israel.

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Cross References

Genesis 30:23And she conceived, and bore Jacob a son; and Rachel said, God has taken away my reproach.

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

Isaiah 2:17And every man shall be brought low, and the pride of men shall fall: and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

Isaiah 10:20And it shall come to pass in that day that the remnant of Israel shall no more join themselves with, and the saved of Jacob shall no more trust in, them that injured them; but they shall trust in the Holy God of Israel, in truth.

Isaiah 17:7In that day a man shall trust in him that made him, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.

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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