Isaiah 4

Modern

Literal

A Remnant in Zion

¹In that day seven women

will take hold of one man and say,

“We will eat our own bread

and provide our own clothes.

Just let us be called by your name.

Take away our disgrace!”

¹Seven women will take hold of one of man in that day, saying, “Our own bread we will eat and our own garment we will wear; only let your name be called over us. Remove our reproach.”

²On 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 Israel’s survivors.

²That in the day will be the Branch of YHWH for beauty and for honor, and the fruit of the earth for pride and for glory to the escaped of Israel.

³Whoever remains in Zion

and whoever is left in Jerusalem

will be called holy—

all in Jerusalem who are recorded among the living—

³And it will come to pass that the remainder in Zion, and the leftover in Jerusalem, holy will be called to him—everyone who is written for life in Jerusalem—

⁴when the Lord has washed away

the filth of the daughters of Zion

and cleansed the bloodstains from the heart of Jerusalem

by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of fire.

⁴when the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and the blood of Jerusalem He has cleansed from within her, by the spirit of judgment and by the spirit of burning.

⁵Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion

and over her assemblies

a cloud of smoke by day

and a glowing flame of fire by night.

For over all the glory

there will be a canopy,

⁵And YHWH will create over all the foundation of Mount Zion, and over her assemblies, a cloud by day, and smoke, and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all of the glory will be a canopy.

⁶a shelter to give shade

from the heat by day,

and a refuge and hiding place

from the storm and the rain.

⁶And a covered shelter there will be for shade by day from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a hiding place, from the storm and from the rain.