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Atrasado wrote: ↑Wed Sep 20, 2023 4:19 am Isaiah 4
The Situation
This chapter takes place after the fall of our society that happens in Isaiah 3 in which all economic activity is disrupted, chaos and destruction take place, and the Lord holds his servants accountable, saying,

He will bring to trial the elders of his people and their rulers, and say to them,
It is you who have devoured the vineyard;
you fill your houses by depriving the needy. What do you mean by oppressing my people, humbling the faces of the poor? says Jehovah of Hosts.

The women of Zion are placed in horrible circumstances due to their worldliness. Also, the invasion by the Assyrians (Chinese and Russians) which results in most men dying.

The Effect
The women of Zion are cleansed of their worldliness (excrement) by their suffering. Most of the women of Zion do not have husbands and families. Righteous plural marriage takes place so that their lack of children (reproach) can be addressed.

The plant of the Lord, which could be a tree of life, or (Gileadi believes) refers to the last day servant, and the prosperous agriculture, or (Gileadi believes) the fellow servants of the last day servant, are wonderful and praised.

The worldliness of the Church and chaos of the immediate past is no more because of the burning wind, most likely referring to the attack and invasion of the Assyrians which destroy the wicked. This phrase likely refers to their nuclear warheads.

The Lord will then protect his people from harm and destruction miraculously. He will place a cloudlike barrier over the righteous that will shield them from enemy attacks and the ill effects of the invasion.

What should we do?
This chapter does not make recommendations. It is only prophecy.

https://www.isaiahexplained.com/chapter/4 wrote:
In his Day of Judgment Jehovah preserves alive those whose names are inscribed in the Book of Life.

1 Seven women will take hold of one man
in that day, and say,
We will eat our own food,
wear our own clothes,
only let us be called by your name—
take away our reproach!

2 In that day the plant of Jehovah shall be beautiful and glorious, and the earth’s fruit the pride and glory of the survivors of Israel.

3 Then shall they who are left in Zion and they who remain in Jerusalem be called holy—all who were inscribed to be among the living at Jerusalem.

4 This shall be when my Lord has washed away the excrement of the women of Zion and cleansed Jerusalem of its bloodshed, in the spirit of justice, by a burning wind.

5 Over the whole site of Mount Zion, and over its solemn assembly, Jehovah will form a cloud by day and a mist glowing with fire by night: above all that is glorious shall be a canopy.

6 It shall be a shelter and shade from the heat of the day, a secret refuge from the downpour and from rain