Isaías 4
Bruce Hurt · Citado em PreceptAustin
Isaías 4:1
Isaiah 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: Lockman) English Translation of the Septuagint: And seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own raiment: only let thy name be called upon us, and take away our reproach. Amplified: AND IN that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread and provide our own apparel; only let us be called by your name to take away our reproach [of being unmarried]. (Amplified Bible - Lockman) BBE: And in that day seven women will put their hands on one man, saying, There will be no need for you to give us food or clothing, only let us go under your name, so that our shame may be taken away. ESV: And seven women shall 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.” (ESV) KJV: 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. NET: Seven women will grab hold of one man at that time. They will say, "We will provide our own food, we will provide our own clothes; but let us belong to you– take away our shame!" (NET Bible) NLT: In that day so few men will be left that seven women will fight for each man, saying, “Let us all marry you! We will provide our own food and clothing. Only let us take your name so we won’t be mocked as old maids.” (NLT - Tyndale House) Young's Literal: And taken hold have seven women on one man, In that day, saying, `Our own bread we do eat, And our own raiment we put on, Only, let thy name be called over us, Remove thou our reproach.' 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!": Is 2:11,17; 10:20; 17:7; Lk 21:22 Eat - 2Th 3:12 Take away reproach - Ge 30:23; 1Sa 1:6; Lk 1:25 For (term of explanation) explains Isaiah 3:26. Seven women… one man - A bad ratio for women! Men will be in short supply. The KJV Commentary feels that this verse "serves as a summary of the preceding chapter" and most other commentators also include it in their comments on Isaiah 3 (Remember that the chapter breaks are "man made" and not inspired, so from time to time the chapters are somewhat poorly divided) Vine comments that Isaiah 4… and the next chapter (Isaiah 5:1-30) are an expansion of… the judgments of the Day of the Lord, and the subsequent Millennial blessedness of Israel and their land. (Vine, W. Collected writings of W. E. Vine. Nashville: Thomas Nelson or Logos) Charles Ryrie… Wars will slaughter so many men that in that day (ultimately the tribulation days), women will be willing to be self-supporting if only they can be married and escape the reproach of being childless. (The Ryrie Study Bible: New American Standard Translation: 1995. Moody Publishers) Henry Morris… The male population would be so devastated in the coming invasions of Assyria and Babylonia that women would be seven times as numerous as the remaining men. (Morris,
Isaías 4:2-6
Isaiah 4:2 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. (NASB: Lockman) English Translation of the Septuagint: And in that day God shall shine gloriously in counsel on the earth, to exalt and glorify the remnant of Israel. Amplified: In that day the Branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land shall be excellent and lovely to those of Israel who have escaped. (Amplified Bible - Lockman) BBE: In that day will the young growth of the Lord be beautiful in glory, and the fruit of the earth will be the pride of those who are still living in Israel. ESV: In that day the branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land shall be the pride and honor of the survivors of Israel. (ESV) KJV: 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. NET: At that time the crops given by the Lord will bring admiration and honor; the produce of the land will be a source of pride and delight to those who remain in Israel. (NET Bible) NLT: But in that day, the branch of the Lord will be beautiful and glorious; the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory (NLT - Tyndale House) Young's Literal: In that day is the Shoot of Jehovah for desire and for honor, And the fruit of the earth For excellence and for beauty to the escaped of Israel. In that day the Branch of the LORD will be beautiful and glorious: the branch. Isa 11:1, 60:21 Jer 23:5, 33:15-commentary Ezek 17:22,23 Zec 3:8; 6:12 beautiful and glorious. Heb. beauty and glory. Ex 28:2 Zec 9:17 Jn 1:14 2Co 4:6 2Pe 1:16) IN THAT DAY Prophetic passage - Isaiah 4:2-6 describes the future Messianic Age or Millennium and the Messiah's Reign In the midst of wrath (as described in the preceding passages in Isaiah), God remembers mercy in the form of the merciful One, the Messiah, the Branch of Jehovah. This is a "gutter to glory" transition - From the "gutter" of the preceding descriptions of Israel under judgment, Isaiah moves to a description of the glory of the Glorious One. It is fascinating (and it should be encouraging) to see how Isaiah often transitions from judgment passages to messages of hope and comfort throughout this book. What a merciful God we serve for as the Psalmist rightly said… If Thou, LORD, shouldst mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? (Ps 130:3-note) And then he went to praise God adding these wonderful words… But (one of those many great contrasts in the Bible) there is forgiveness with Thee, that Thou mayest be feared. (Ps 130:4-note) Pastor Chuck Smith entitles this chapter Vision of the Coming Kingdom and says that… Isaiah 4:2-6 Speaks of Jesus' righteous reign upon the earth in the future (Zech 3:8). A C Gaebelein entitles the chapter… Zion's Future Cleansing and Glory… Israel regathered and cleansed (Isa 4:2, 3, 4) Jehovah's visible glory revealed (Isa 4:5, 6) The Branch of the Lord (Jehovah) is the Lord Jesus Christ. After judgment has been executed cleansing is promised and glory is established on Mount Zion. (Commentary on Isaiah - by A C Gaebelein - Annotated Bible) Matthew Henry aptly describes the hopeful words of Isaiah… By the foregoing threatenings Jerusalem is brought into a very deplorable condition: every thing looks melancholy. But here the sun breaks out from behind the cloud. Many exceedingly great and precious promises we have in these verses, giving assurance of comfort which may be discerned through the troubles, and of happy days which shall come after them, and these certainly point at the kingdom of the Messiah, and the great redemption to be wrought out by him Unfortunately that is where Henry's accuracy leaves off, for as he so often does in Isaiah's prophecy, he applies these truths to the church when they are clearly addressed to Israel (at a time when the church is still a complete mystery). He writes (incorrectly in my opinion) that "the kingdom of the Messiah shall be set up; and then shall be the reviving of the church" despite the fact that this section repeatedly mentions distinctly Jewish names ("survivors of Israel… Zion… Jerusalem (twice)… daughters of Zion… bloodshed of Jerusalem… Mount Zion") Even older commentaries (Keil lived from Feb 26, 1807 to May 5, 1888) like Keil and Delitzsch agree that Isaiah is not addressing "the church" (New Testament church) writing… The four epithets of glory, which are here grouped in pairs, strengthen our expectation, that now that the mass of Israel has been swept away, together with the objects of its worthless pride, we shall find a description of what will become an object of well-grounded pride to the "escaped of Israel," i.e., to the remnant that has survived the judgment, and been saved from destruction. But with this interpretation of the promise it is impossible that it can be the church of the future itself, which is here called the "sprout of Jehovah" and "fruit of the land," as Luzzatto and Malbim suppose William Kelly (1821-1906 - Plymouth Brethren) adds that… Vitringa's application of the spirit of judgment and that of destruction to the Holy Spirit guiding the ruler and ministers of the church in discrimination, is the old source of endless error - the turning aside of Jewish scripture to an essentially Christian object. (Isaiah 1-39 Expositional Commentary) In that day - 40v in Isaiah (out of 258 uses) - Isa 2:11, 17, 20; 3:7, 18; 4:1, 2; 5:30; 7:18, 20f, 23; 10:20, 27; 11:10, 16; 12:4; 17:4, 7, 9, 11; 19:16, 18f, 21, 23f; 20:6; 22:8, 12, 20, 25; 23:15; 24:21; 25:9; 26:1; 27:1f, 12f; 28:5; 30:23; 31:7; 39:6; 52:6; 58:2; 60:11; 65:5 J Vernon McGee… "In that day" refers to the Day of the Lord. This phrase will occur again and again in Isaiah (and in all the prophets), and it will be mentioned in the New Testament. Joel particularly will have something to say about it. It begins as every Hebrew day always begins -- at sundown. It begins with darkness and moves to the dawn. It begins with the Great Tribulation and goes on into the millennial Kingdom. John Martin comments… In spite of the coming severe judgment, divine blessing would eventually come. Sometimes the phrase in that day refers to the Babylonian attack on Jerusalem (e.g., Is 3:7, 18; 4:1), but here (see the statements in Is 4:2, 5) as in Is 2:11, 12, 17 it means the millennial reign of Christ. (Walvoord, J. F., Zuck, R. B., et al: The Bible Knowledge Commentary. 1985. Victor) John Walvoord writes that… The expression in that day sometimes referred to the contemporary scene, sometimes to the future Millennium, as determined by the context. In Isaiah 4:2, 3, 4, 5, 6 the beauty of the millennial reign was described, “In that day the Branch of the Lord will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of the survivors in Israel. Those who are left in Zion, who remain in Jerusalem, will be called holy, all who are recorded among the living in Jerusalem” (Is 4:2, 3).(Walvoord, J. F. The Prophecy Knowledge Handbook. Wheaton, Ill.: Victor Books) In that day equates with that aspect of the Day of the LORD which includes the one thousand year reign of Christ or the Millennium. As discussed earlier, the Day of the LORD is not a single day but an extended period of time that ends with the passing away of the present heavens and earth (after the Millennium which will take place on the present earth), for Peter says that… the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up. (2Pe 3:10-note) Comment: Compare Revelation 20:11 (note) where John records an "unusual time" when "no place was found for" the earth and heaven, these entities having "fled away" from the Great White Throne judgment site. Skinner writing in 1897 interpreted this passage as a "picture of the glorious messianic age". (The Book of Prophet Isaiah - Online) THE BRANCH OF JEHOVAH The Branch of the LORD ("the Sprout of Jehovah") - This is a title of the Messiah Who came as a "shoot" from the seeming dead stump of David's dynasty (Isa 11:1; cp Isa 53:2 - describes the humble, unimpressive beginnings of the "Branch"). The famous Jewish Rabbi David Kimchi interpreted this phrase as "The Messiah, the Son of David." Below are other OT prophetic passages that refer to the Messiah as the Branch… Behold, the days are coming,” (in Daniel's Seventieth Week and specifically at the end of the Great Tribulation and inauguration of the Millennium) declares the Lord, “When I will raise up for David a righteous Branch and He will reign as king and act wisely and do justice and righteousness in the land (Note: The phrase "the land" - in Scripture this most often refers to "the land" of Israel, although of course when He returns as King of kings [Re 19:16-note], He will reign over all the land of earth! Maranatha!). (Jeremiah 23:5). In those days (see context = Je 33:14) and at that time (see note in preceding verse) I will cause a righteous Branch (tsemach) of David to spring forth (tsamach - the root verb of tsemach = Branch); and He shall execute justice and righteousness on the earth (Note: Because of His literal presence in the city, Jerusalem will be called "the LORD is our righteousness"! Je 33:16 Messiah's reign also fulfills the unconditional promise in the Davidic Covenant [2Sa 16] of an eternal kingdom - Je 33:17). (Jeremiah 33:15-commentary). Now listen, Joshua the high priest, you and your friends who are sitting in front of you—indeed they are men who are a symbol, for behold, I am going to bring in My servant the Branch. (Zec 3:8). Then say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Behold, a man whose name is Branch, for He will branch out from where He is; and He will build the temple of the Lord. (Zechariah 6:12). Ryrie Comments: Zech 6:12, 13 The crowning of Joshua foreshadowed the crowning of Messiah, who at His second coming will build the (millennial) temple and unite the offices of King and Priest in one Person, like Melchizedek (Genesis 14:18, 19, 20). (The Ryrie Study Bible: New American Standard Translation: 1995. Moody Publishers)