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 calamitous period described last chapter. SEVEN WOMEN - put for an indefinite number. So many men... [ Continue Reading ]
In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel. IN THAT DAY SHALL THE BRANCH OF THE LORD BE BEAUTIFUL AND GLORIOUS. In contrast to those on whom vengeance falls, there is a manifestat... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem: (HE THAT IS) LEFT IN ZION - answering to "the escaped of Israel" (). SHALL BE CALLED - shall be (). HL (I521 60 21... [ Continue Reading ]
When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning. WHEN - i:e., After that. THE LORD SHALL HAVE WASHED AWAY - ( .) THE FILTH - moral (Isaiah 1:21).... [ Continue Reading ]
And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence. THE LORD WILL CREATE - the 'new creation' needs as much God's creative omnipotence as the mat... [ Continue Reading ]
And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain. THERE SHALL BE A TABERNACLE FOR A SHADOW IN THE DAY-TIME FROM THE HEAT, AND FOR A PLACE OF REFUGE - Christ's body (John 1:14). 'The Word tabernacled [Gr... [ Continue Reading ]