Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Isaiah 4:3
Holy — Shall be really holy. Jerusalem — Of the people living in or belonging to Jerusalem.
Holy — Shall be really holy. Jerusalem — Of the people living in or belonging to Jerusalem.
Verse Isaiah 4:3. _WRITTEN AMONG THE LIVING_] That is, whose name stands in the enrolment or register of the people; or every man living, who is a citizen of Jerusalem. See Ezekiel 13:9, where, "they...
HE THAT IS LEFT IN ZION - This “properly” refers to the remnant that should remain after the mass of the people should be cut off by wars, or be borne into captivity. If it refer to the few that would...
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...
HOLY. See note on Exodus 3:5. AMONG THE LIVING. written down or destined for life. Compare Psalms 69:28; Psalms 87:5; Psalms 87:6;...
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...
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 I...
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...
SHALL BE CALLED HOLY] i.e: as actually being so: cp. Isaiah 1:26. WRITTEN] i.e. enrolled as a citizen....
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...
HE THAT IS LEFT IN ZION... — The prophet turns from the Jerusalem that then was, with the hypocrisies and crimes of the men and the harlot fashions of its women, to the vision of a new Jerusalem, whic...
וְ הָיָ֣ה ׀ הַ נִּשְׁאָ֣ר בְּ צִיֹּ֗ון וְ
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...
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 (e) written among the living in Jerusalem: (e) He allud...
_Life. Only the faithful shall be saved. (Worthington) --- The Jews, after the captivity, shall be more obedient. But converts to the faith of Christ are styled saints, (Romans i. 7., &c.) such partic...
How truly blessed and gracious is it, to see the provision the Lord hath made for the recovery of sinners. Here the Holy Ghost speaks not only of the blessings of redemption to the church at large, bu...
3._And it shall come to pass that he who is left in Zion. _He follows out the same statement, that when the pollution of the people shall have been washed away, what remains will be pure and _holy_. T...
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...
AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, [THAT HE THAT IS] LEFT IN ZION, AND [HE THAT] REMAINETH IN JERUSALEM,.... These are the persons to whom Christ appears beautiful and glorious, excellent and comely, who will...
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: Ver. 3. _He that...
_And he that is left in Zion_ Those that escape the common destruction brought on their countrymen; see Isaiah 4:2; _shall be called holy _ Shall be really such. The Jews that survived the Babylonish...
And it shall come to pass that he that is left in Zion and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, the elect of the Lord, SHALL BE CALLED HOLY, consecrated to the Lord and serving Him in a holy life, EVEN EVE...
THE INVITING COMELINESS OF THE BRANCH OF JEHOVAH...
AMONG: Or, to life...
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...
SHALL BE CALLED HOLY, i.e. shall be really holy, as is said, ISAIAH 60:21. To be called is oft put for to be, as Genesis 21:12 Isaiah 1:26, Isaia
Isaiah 4:3 left H7604 (H8737) Zion H6726 remains H3498 (H8737) Jerusalem H3389 called H559 (H8735) recorded...
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...
_He that is left in Zion_ THE HOLY REMNANT “Holy” means what is separated from the world and superior to it; the congregation of the saints, or holy ones, who now inhabit Jerusalem, are what remain...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 4:2 SURVIVORS... HE WHO IS LEFT... AND REMAINS... RECORDED FOR LIFE. The remnant preserved by God (see Isaiah 1:9)....
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 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...
1 Peter 2:9; Acts 13:48; Colossians 3:12; Ephesians 1:4; Exodus 32:32;