Isaiah 4:3

1 In 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!”

2 On 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.

Whoever remains in Zion and whoever is left in Jerusalem will be called holy— all in Jerusalem who are recorded among the living—

4 when 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.

5 Then 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,

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Whoever remains in Zion and whoever is left in Jerusalem will be called holy— all in Jerusalem who are recorded among the living—
KJV
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:
WEB
It will happen that he who is left in Zion and he who remains in Jerusalem shall be called holy, even everyone who is written among the living in Jerusalem,
ASV
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;
DARBY
And it shall come to pass that he who remaineth in Zion, and he that is left in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem;
BLB
And 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—
ÅB
Og det skal skje: Den som blir igjen på Sion og levnes i Jerusalem, skal kalles hellig, hver den som er innskrevet til livet i Jerusalem -
OTB
De som blir igjen i Sion og er tilbake i Jerusalem, skal kalles hellige, alle som er oppskrevet blant de levende i Jerusalem.
B1930
Og det skal skje: Den som blir igjen på Sion og levnes i Jerusalem, skal kalles hellig, hver den som er innskrevet til livet i Jerusalem -

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Luke 10:20

    Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

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  • Isaiah 60:21

    Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever; they are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, so that I may be glorified.

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  • Psalms 69:28

    May they be blotted out of the Book of Life and not listed with the righteous.

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  • Isaiah 52:1

    Awake, awake, clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, holy city! For the uncircumcised and unclean will no longer enter you.

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  • Revelation 21:27

    But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.

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  • Exodus 32:32–33

    Yet now, if You would only forgive their sin.... But if not, please blot me out of the book that You have written.”

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  • Ezekiel 43:12

    This is the law of the temple: All its surrounding territory on top of the mountain will be most holy. Yes, this is the law of the temple.

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  • Revelation 13:8

    And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain.

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