Isaiah 4 is the fourth Chapters and verses of the Bible, chapter of the Book of Isaiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christianity, Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Isaiah, and is one of the Nevi'im, Books of the Prophets.Theodore Hiebert, et al. 1996. ''The New Interpreter's Bible: Volume VI''. Nashville: Abingdon.

Text

The original text was written in Biblical Hebrew, Hebrew language. This Chapters and verses of the Bible, chapter is the shortest in the Book of Isaiah, with only 6 verses. American theologian Albert Barnes (theologian), Albert Barnes argued that "there was no reason why these six verses should have been made a separate chapter" from Isaiah 3.Barnes, A.
Barnes' Notes on Isaiah 4
accessed 7 March 2018 The New King James Version calls verses 2-6 "The Renewal of Zion".

Textual witnesses

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Biblical Hebrew, Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis (895), Codex Babylonicus Petropolitanus, the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets (916), Aleppo Codex (10th century), Leningrad Codex, Codex Leningradensis (1008). Fragments containing parts of this chapter were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls (3rd century BC or later): * Isaiah scroll, 1QIsa^a: complete * 4QIsa^a (4Q55): extant: verses 5-6 There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus (B;

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^B; 4th century), Codex Sinaiticus (S; Biblia Hebraica (Kittel), BHK:

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^S; 4th century), Codex Alexandrinus (A;

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^A; 5th century) and Codex Marchalianus (Q;

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^Q; 6th century).

Parashot

The ''parashah'' sections listed here are based on the Aleppo Codex. Isaiah 4 is a part of the ''Prophecies about Judah and Israel (Isaiah 1Isaiah 12, -12)''. : open ''parashah''; : closed ''parashah''. : [ 3:18-26] 4:1 4:2-6

Jerusalem's future (3:25–4:1)

This section, which starting from Isaiah 3#Verse 25, 3:25, states without any imagery how the city in actuality is bereft.

Verse 1

: ''And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying,'' :: ''"We will eat our own food and wear our own apparel;'' :: ''Only let us be called by your name,'' :: ''To take away our reproach."'' The New King James Version treats verse 1 as a continuation of Isaiah 3, chapter 3 and Protestant reformation, reformation theologian John Calvin argued that "this verse certainly ought not to have been separated from the preceding". Whereas in the ''men'' "take hold of" (') a man to get a ruler, in this verse the ''women'' "take hold of" (') a man to get a husband. The women supplying their own food and apparel is a reversal of the marriage ordering in .

Zion's renewal (4:2–6)

Verse 2

: ''In that day the Branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious;'' :: ''And the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and appealing'' : ''For those of Israel who have escaped.'' New King James Version, NKJV The text in the Septuagint is different: :''In that day, God shall shine in counsel with glory upon the earth, to exalt, and to glorify the remnant of Israel.''

Notes and references

Bibliography

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External links

Jewish

Isaiah 4:Original Hebrew with Parallel English

Christian

Isaiah 4 English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate
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