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CHAPTER IV
_The havoc occasioned by war, and those other calamities which_
_the prophet had been describing in the preceding chapter, are_
_represented as so terribly great that seven women should...
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IN THAT DAY - The time of calamity referred to in the close of the
previous chapter. This is a continuation of that prophecy, and there
was no reason why these six verses should have been made a separ...
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CHAPTER 3
Judgments upon the Rulers and the Daughters Of Zion
1. _The judgment against the rulers (Isaiah 3:1)_ 2. _Jerusalem's sad
condition (Isaiah 3:8)_ 3. _Jehovah's message (Isaiah 3:10)_ 4. The...
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ISAIAH 3:16 TO ISAIAH 4:1. THE LUXURIOUS LADIES OF JERUSALEM AND THEIR
DOOM. As Amos attacked the women of Samaria for their luxury, made
possible through the oppression of the poor (Amos 4:1), so Isa...
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AND. The Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ (App-6) links this verse on
to the preceding chapter.
IN THAT DAY. Not emphatic, or at the beginning of the verse.
THE BRANCH: i.e. Messiah. So the Chaldee pa...
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AND IN THAT DAY— We have in this verse the consequence of the
preceding evil. The prophet declares, that the war and captivity shall
make such a prodigious scarcity in the male sex, that seven women
s...
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b. THE WOMEN
TEXT: Isaiah 3:16 to Isaiah 4:1
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Moreover Jehovah said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and
walk with outstretched necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as
they go, a...
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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 THAT DAY - the...
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1. The women do not claim to be kept as the man's wives, but only pray
that he will remove from them the reproach of being childless (cp.
Genesis 30:23), so depopulated has the land become. The v. bel...
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IV.
(1) AND IN THAT DAY SEVEN WOMEN... — The chapter division wrongly
separates this verse from the foregoing. It comes as the climax of the
chastisement of the daughters of Zion, as the companion pic...
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וְ הֶחֱזִיקוּ֩ שֶׁ֨בַע נָשִׁ֜ים בְּ
אִ֣ישׁ אֶ
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CHAPTER II
THE THREE JERUSALEMS
740-735 B.C.
Isaiah 2:1; Isaiah 3:1; Isaiah 4:1
AFTER the general introduction, in chapter 1, to the prophecies of
Isaiah, there comes another portion of the book,...
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VANITY AND SELFISH LUXURY CONDEMNED
Isaiah 3:13-26; Isaiah 4:1-6
This paragraph opens with the majestic figure of Jehovah Himself, who
arises to judge the misrulers and plead the cause of the poor. T...
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In all human history there has been a close connection between corrupt
rulers and frivolous and polluted womanhood. Fierce is the prophet's
denunciation of such. Their wantonness and their luxury are...
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And in that day (a) seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We
will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only (b) let us be
called by thy name, to take away our (c) reproach.
(a) When...
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_Seven. Many shall sue for a husband, men shall be so scarce. To
continue unmarried was reproachful, Deuteronomy vii. 14. (Calmet) ---
After the conversion of the Gentiles, pastors will be much wanted...
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CONTENTS
This is a most blessed, though short chapter; containing in its bosom
some precious views, and precious promises concerning Jesus, and the
blessedness of his salvation, amidst the sins, and...
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1._In that day shall seven women take hold of one man _He pursues the
same subject, and unquestionably this discourse is immediately
connected with what goes before. This verse certainly ought not to...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 2, 3, AND 4.
Thus re-established, Zion, the mountain of Jehovah, will be the centre
of blessing and peace to all the nations (Isaiah 2:1-4). This puts the
inv...
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AND IN THAT DAY SEVEN WOMEN SHALL TAKE HOLD OF ONE MAN,.... Not in the
days of Ahaz, when Pekah, son of Remaliah, slew in Judah a hundred and
twenty thousand men in one day, 2 Chronicles 28:6 as Kimch...
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_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._
Ver. 1. _And in th...
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_In that day_ Of which he has hitherto been speaking, chap. 2. and 3.,
and still continues to speak; in that calamitous time; _seven women
shall take hold on one man_ “The war and captivity shall make...
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THE INVITING COMELINESS OF THE BRANCH OF JEHOVAH...
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LET US BE CALLED BY THY NAME:
_ Heb._ let thy name be called upon us
TO TAKE AWAY:
Or, take thou away...
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1 This first verse belongs to the third chapter. When the troubles
should come upon the land, as the unmarried state was deemed
reproachful among the Jews, these women would act contrary to common
usa...
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ISAIAH CHAPTER 4 In the extremity of evils, Christ's glorious kingdom
should appear to those who are left alive, ISAIAH 4:1,2. They shall be
holy, ISAIAH 4:3; purged, ISAIAH 4:4. A glory and defence u...
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Isaiah 4:1 day H3117 seven H7651 women H802 hold H2388 (H8689) one
H259 man H376 saying H559 ...
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CONTENTS: The coming restoration of Jerusalem's peace and purity.
CHARACTERS: God, Isaiah.
CONCLUSION: The issue of all the troubles of this present dispensation
is to be in happy days for the right...
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Isaiah 4:1. _Seven women let us be called by thy name._ After a
hundred and twenty thousand of Ahaz's army had been slaughtered in one
day, men were scarce. Critics generally refer this to the Babylon...
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_And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man_
THE CLIMAX OF ZION’S RUIN
This verse should be part of the preceding chapter, the very climax,
indeed, of the ruin which Zion has brought upo...
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FEMALE PRIDE AND LUXURY
Isaiah 3:16, Isaiah 4:1. _Moreover the Lord saith, Because the
daughters of Zion are haughty, &c._
We have here a terrible denunciation of female pride and luxury.
Consider—
I...
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EXPOSITION
The existing division between Isaiah 3:1. and 4. is scarcely
satisfactory. Isaiah 3:1 of Isaiah 4:1. belongs to the minatory
portion of the section beginning with...
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Now Isaiah looks on through the Lord to the future.
And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We
will eat our own bread, and we will wear our own clothes; only let us
be called...
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1 Samuel 1:6; 2 Thessalonians 3:12; Genesis 30:23; Isaiah 10:20;...
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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 —
Virgin...