George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Isaiah 4:4
Burning. By baptism of water and fire, or of the Holy Ghost. (St. Jerome)
Burning. By baptism of water and fire, or of the Holy Ghost. (St. Jerome)
Verse Isaiah 4:4. _THE SPIRIT OF BURNING_] Means the fire of God's wrath, by which he will prove and purify his people; gathering them into his furnace, in order to separate the dross from the silver...
WHEN THE LORD - That is, “after” God has done this, then all that are written among the living shall be called holy. The prophet in this verse states the benefits of “affliction” in purifying the peop...
CHAPTER 4 Zion's Future Cleansing and Glory 1. _Israel regathered and cleansed (Isaiah 4:2)_ 2. _Jehovah's visible glory revealed (Isaiah 4:5)_ The Branch of the Lord (Jehovah) is the Lord Jesus Chr...
ZION'S HAPPY ESTATE. Probably post-exilic on grounds of style, ideas, and imagery. In the blessed future the land will be glorious with vegetation and fruit for the holy remnant, that will escape the...
AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS— The doctrine of this period is twofold; first, that God by the spirit of judgment will purify and cleanse his church; and, secondly, that those who remain _written among the...
CHAPTER FOUR 4. THE VICTORY OF THE CLEANSED Isaiah 4:2-6 TEXT: Isaiah 4:2-6 2 In that day shall the branch of Jehovah be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land shall be excellent and c...
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....
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...
SPIRIT] RM 'blast.'...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS ISAIAH DECLARES HOW GOD’S PEOPLE SHOULD BE LIVING ISAIAH CHAPTER S 1 TO 9 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 4 V1 In that day, seven women will seize some man who remains...
WHEN THE LORD SHALL HAVE WASHED AWAY THE FILTH... — This serves as the connecting link with Isaiah 3:16. The prophet has not forgotten the daughters of Zion. Jehovah will wash away, as with the baptis...
אִ֣ם ׀ רָחַ֣ץ אֲדֹנָ֗י אֵ֚ת צֹאַ֣ת בְּנֹות ־צ
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...
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...
When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the (f) blood of Jerusalem from the midst of it by the spirit of (g) judgment, and by the spirit of burni...
Here we have the blessed process of grace, by which the Lord will accomplish the divine purposes of his love, in redeeming the souls of his people. The daughters of Zion are here spoken of, as a repre...
4._When the _Lord_shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion. _He still follows out the same statement; for in consequence of its being generally believed that those calamities by which...
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...
WHEN \N\ the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion,.... By Zion is meant the church of Christ in general, his mystical body, the general assembly and church of the firstborn,...
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. V...
_When the Lord shall have washed away the filth_, &c. This shall be accomplished when God shall have thoroughly cleansed the Jewish nation from their sins; and _shall have purged_ away _the blood of J...
when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, namely, the moral uncleanness and sinfulness which no amount of outward ornament can cover before His eyes, AND SHALL HAVE PURG...
THE INVITING COMELINESS OF THE BRANCH OF JEHOVAH...
2-6 Not only the setting forth Christ's kingdom in the times of the apostles, but its enlargement by gathering the dispersed Jews into the church, is foretold. Christ is called the Branch of the Lord...
WHEN THE LORD SHALL HAVE WASHED AWAY THE FILTH OF THE DAUGHTERS OF ZION: this shall be accomplished when God hath thoroughly cleansed the Jewish nation from their sins. The blood; the blood-guiltness,...
Isaiah 4:4 Lord H136 away H7364 (H8804) filth H6675 daughters H1323 Zion H6726 purged H1740 (H8686) blood...
CHAPTER ISAIAH 4:2 THE RESTORATION. It is important to recognise here that Isaiah is looking forward and seeing the whole future as one. He is not just referring to the long distant future, but to the...
Isaiah 4:2 I. Notice, first, the preparation for the promise. In the earlier verses of this chapter two things are presented as antecedent to the gifts of blessing that is, the coming of the Divine S...
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...
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...
_In that day shall the branch of the Lord be beautiful and glorious_ THE FIRST PERSONAL REFERENCE IN ISAIAH TO THE MESSIAH If this is a reference to Christ, critics are agreed that it is the first p...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 4:3 HOLY... WHEN THE LORD SHALL HAVE WASHED AWAY THE FILTH... AND CLEANSED THE BLOODSTAINS. A permanent remedy will be applied to God’s people....
THE CLEANSING SPIRIT Isaiah 4:4. _By the Spirit of judgment, and by the Spirit of burning_. In Isaiah 2:1, the prophet gives us a vision of the glory which shall distinguish Messianic times. From Isa...
THE DIVINE IDEAL OF ISRAEL REALISED Isaiah 4:2. _In that day shall the Branch of the Lord, &c._ “That day” is the glorious period described in Isaiah 2:1, and those verses and our text should be read...
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...
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...
Ezekiel 16:6; Ezekiel 22:15; Ezekiel 22:18; Ezekiel 24:7; E
When — This shall be accomplished when God hath throughly cleansed the Jewish nation from their sins. The blood — The blood — guiltiness, and especially that of killing the Lord of life. Burning — Thi...