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Isaiah 4:1 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 4 · verse 1
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.Isaiah 4:1 · King James Version
Isaiah 4:1 in context
1And 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.
2In 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.
3And 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:
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Key words (Strong's)
- apparelsimlâha dress, especially a mantleH8071 →
- sayingʼâmarto sayH559 →
- calledqârâʼto call out toH7121 →
- sevenshebaʻsevenH7651 →
- womenʼishshâha womanH802 →
- breadlechemfood , especially bread, or grainH3899 →
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It was threatened (Isa 3:25) that the mighty men should fall by the sword in war, and it was threatened as a punishment to the women that affected gaiety and a loose sort of conversation. Now here we have the effect and consequence of that great slaughter of men, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary