Isaiah 4:2-6 In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious… I. THE PERSONS INTENDED. The remnant, the escaping, the "evasion of Israel," as the word signifies (ver. 2) they that are left, that remain (ver. 3), who escape the great desolation that was to come on the body of the people, the furnace they were to pass through. Only in the close of that verse, they have a further description added of them, from the purpose of God concerning their grace and glory — they are written among the living, or rather, written unto life; "Everyone that is written," i.e., designed unto life in Jerusalem. II. THE CONDITION WHEREIN THEY WERE. This is laid down in figurative expressions concerning the smallness of this remnant, or the paucity of them that should escape, and the greatness of the extremities they should be exercised withal. III. THE PROMISES HERE MADE TO THIS PEOPLE are of two sorts: Original, or fundamental; and then consequential thereon. 1. There is the great spring, or fountain promise, from which all others, as lesser streams, do flow; and that is the promise of Christ Himself unto them, and amongst them; He is that Branch of Jehovah, and that fruit of the earth, which is there promised (ver. 2). He is the foundation, the fountain of all the good that is or shall be communicated unto us; all other promises are but rivulets from that unsearchable ocean of grace and love that is in the promise of Christ. 2. The promises that flow from hence — (1) Of beauty and glory (ver. 2). (2) Of holiness and purity (vers. 3, 4). (3) Of preservation and safety (vers. 5, 6). ( J. Owen, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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. |
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