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Isaías 4

VBL · Chapter 4/66

1En ese tiempo, siete mujeres se agarrarán a un solo hombre y le dirán: “Comeremos nuestra propia comida y podemos proporcionarnos nuestra propia ropa. Sólo déjanos tomar tu nombre al casarnos contigo. Por favor, quita nuestra desgracia”.

2Pero en ese momento, “el retoño del Señor” será atractivo y glorioso; el fruto que produzca la tierra será el orgullo y la gloria de los supervivientes que queden en Israel.

3Todos los que permanezcan en Sión serán llamados santos – todos los que estén registrados entre los vivos de Jerusalén –

4una vez que el Señor haya lavado los excrementos de las hijas de Sión y haya limpiado las manchas de sangre de Jerusalén con un espíritu de juicio y un espíritu de fuego.

5Entonces el Señor creará sobre todo el monte Sión y sobre la asamblea de los que allí se reúnan una nube de humo durante el día y una llama de fuego ardiente durante la noche; sobre todo habrá este dosel glorioso.

6Será un lugar para estar a la sombra del calor diurno, y un refugio para esconderse de la tormenta y la lluvia.

📖 Chapter study

Summary

After the announced judgment, Isaiah promises a 'Branch of the Lord' that will bring beauty and glory to the survivors. God will purify Jerusalem and cover it with a protective cloud, just as he did in the wilderness with Moses.

Explanation

This short chapter is a turn toward hope right after the judgment of chapter 3 — a pattern repeated throughout the book of Isaiah: judgment followed by restoration. 'Seven women shall take hold of one man' reflects the scarcity of men after wars, showing the scale of population loss being predicted. The 'cloud by day' and 'fire by night' directly recall God's protection of Israel in the wilderness during the Exodus, reinforcing that the same God who guided their ancestors will guide the faithful 'remnant' that remains. The application for today is trusting that God purifies before he restores, and that hope always comes after sincere repentance.

Fun facts

  • The expression 'Branch of the Lord' is one of the book's earliest messianic references, a title Isaiah will return to later on (chapter 11) when he speaks of the 'branch out of the roots of Jesse.'
  • The image of the cloud and fire points directly back to Exodus 13:21-22, connecting Judah's future hope to the ancient deliverance from Egypt.

Verse-by-verse explanation

  1. Isaías 4:1Seven women fighting over one man describes an extreme shortage of men after a war, with so many dead in battle that few are left to marry. They even agree to give up the normal support a husband owed, just to escape the shame of having neither marriage nor children.
  2. Isaías 4:2The term "branch of the LORD" is an agricultural image of rebirth, a new shoot growing after everything seemed dried up. Traditions read this figure in different ways, but the central sense is of something good sprouting right after the destruction described in earlier chapters.
  3. Isaías 4:3It continues the idea of a "remnant": whoever is left in Zion and Jerusalem will be called holy, "written among the living"—like a record of who remains alive after the destruction.
  4. Isaías 4:4Before this holy remnant can exist, a cleansing is needed: God washes away the "filth of the daughters of Zion"—the vanity and corruption of chapter 3—and the blood of Jerusalem, with a spirit of judgment and of burning.
  5. Isaías 4:5Cloud by day and fire by night repeats the same image from Exodus, when a pillar of cloud and fire guided and protected the people in the wilderness. Here it reappears over Mount Zion as a sign that this ancient protection covers the city once more.
  6. Isaías 4:6A tabernacle, that is, a tent, serving as shade against the heat and shelter against storm and rain—an image of divine protection covering the already-purified people, completing the cloud and fire of verse 5.

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