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Chapter 4

On that day,
    seven women will take hold of one man, saying,
“We will eat our own food
    and provide for our own clothing.
Just let us bear your name.
    Take away our disgrace.”

The Seed of the Lord[a]

On that day the branch of the Lord
    will be beautiful and glorious,
and the fruit of the land
    will be the pride and splendor
    of the survivors of Israel.
Whoever is left in Zion
    and whoever remains in Jerusalem
will be called holy,
    everyone whose survival in Jerusalem was decreed.
When the Lord has washed away
    the filth of the daughters of Zion
and cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from its midst
    by a spirit of judgment and of cleansing,
then the Lord will create
    over every house on Mount Zion,
    and over those who assemble there,
a cloud of smoke by day
    and a bright flame of fire by night.
The glory of the Lord will be a canopy over all,
    serving as a shade by day from the heat
    and a refuge and a shelter from the storm and the rain.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 4:2 The name branch will be given to the future Messiah because he will be the true Son of David, and from him will spring a new people (Jer 23:5; Zec 3:8; 6:12). The promise will stir and direct the hope of the faithful amid the conflicts and failures of coming centuries. John, the seer of Patmos, will see the new Jerusalem in which the promise will find its complete fulfillment (Rev 21).

Sa mga araw na iyon, pitong babae ang mag-aagawan sa isang lalaki at sasabihin nila, “Kami na ang bahala sa pagkain at damit namin, pakasalan mo lang kami para hindi kami kahiya-hiya dahil wala kaming asawa.”

Muling Pagpapalain ang Jerusalem

Darating ang araw na pasasaganain at pagagandahin ng Panginoon ang mga pananim[a] sa Israel, at ang mga ani ng lupain ay magiging karangalan at kaligayahan ng natitirang mga tao sa Jerusalem. Tatawaging banal ang mga natirang buhay sa Zion, ang lungsod ng Jerusalem. Sa pamamagitan ng kanyang kapangyarihan, hahatulan niya at lilinisin ang kasamaan ng mga babae sa Jerusalem at ang mga patayan doon. Pagkatapos, lilikha ang Panginoon ng ulap na lililim sa ibabaw ng Jerusalem[b] at sa mga nagtitipon doon. Lilikha rin siya ng nagniningas na apoy na magbibigay ng liwanag kung gabi. Tatakip ito sa Jerusalem na parang isang malapad na tolda, at parang kubol na magsisilbing lilim sa init ng araw at kublihan sa panahon ng bagyo at ulan.

Footnotes

  1. 4:2 mga pananim: sa literal, mga sanga.
  2. 4:5 Jerusalem: sa Hebreo, Bundok ng Zion.

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.

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.

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:

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.

And the Lord will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.

And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the day time from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.