Isaiah 4:1

In that day — In that calamitous time. Seven — Many. A certain number for an uncertain. One man — Because few men shall survive that dreadful stroke. Only — Own us for thy wives. Our reproach — Virginity was esteemed a reproach; children, the usual fruit of marriage, being both an honour to their parents, and a blessing of God, especially to that people, from some of whose loins the Messiah was to spring.