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1 For seven women will take hold of one man in that day, saying, "We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes, only let us be called by your name; take away our reproach!"

2 In that day the Branch of the LORD will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth [will] be the pride and the adornment of the survivors of Israel.

3 And it will come about that he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy-- everyone who is recorded for life in Jerusalem.

4 When the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and purged the bloodshed of Jerusalem from her midst, by the spirit of judgment and the spirit of burning,

5 then the LORD will create over the whole area of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud by day, even smoke, and the brightness of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory will be a canopy.

6 And there will be a shelter to [give] shade from the heat by day, and refuge and protection from the storm and the rain.

Isa. 4:1

For seven women will take hold of one man in that day, saying, "We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes, only let us be called by your name; take away our reproach!" [NASB]

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Comments

This Verse is a Continuation of the prior chapter --

This demonstrates how bad it will be. Apparently, the male population has been decimated and seven women will want to be married to one man so that they will not have the reproach of being without children.

(by William Bell - - June 25, 2025, 8:21 p.m.

take away our reproach! --

The reproach appears to be childlessness.

The reproach is that of being childless. From the Jewish standpoint that was not only the great sorrow, but the great shame, of womanhood, implying, as men thought, a sin of which it was the chastisement (Genesis 30:23; 1Samuel 1:6; Luke 1:25). (Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - BibleHub.com Isaiah 4:1)

These women are willling to work to obtain their own food and clothing. Under these situations, it is unlikely that a single man would agree to take on seven wives. He would not be able to provide for them all.

(by William Bell - - June 25, 2025, 8:23 p.m.