Isaiah 4:1
Seven women shall 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. Take away our reproach.”
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Genesis 30:23She conceived, bore a son, and said, “God has taken away my reproach.”
Isaiah 2:17The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, 2 and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; 2 and Adonai alone shall be exalted in that day. 1
Isaiah 10:20It will come to pass in that day that the remnant of Israel [God prevails], and those who have escaped from the house of Jacob [Supplanter] will no more again lean on him who struck them, but shall lean on Adonai, haKadosh Isra'el [the Holy One of God prevails], in truth.
Isaiah 17:7In that day, people will look to their Maker, and their eyes will have respect for haKadosh Isra'el [the Holy One of God prevails].
Luke 1:25“Thus has MarYah [Master Yahweh] done to me in the days in which he looked at me, to take away my reproach among 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 →