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Isaiah 4:1 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 1. 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.
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Quick Meaning
The prophetic poem or speech in Isaiah carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own…” at Isaiah 4:1 as part of “Zion's Luxury Gives Way to Exposure and Loss.”
Read It With
- Isaiah 3:16–4:1
Read Isaiah 4:1 after the prior line and before the unit's outcome. The prophetic poem or speech in Isaiah carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own…” at Isaiah 4:1 as part of “Zion's Luxury Gives Way to Exposure and Loss.” Preserve this limit: The gendered portrayal does not authorize misogyny, sexual humiliation, contempt for women, or blaming those who endure war.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The placement matters because A severe poem turns elite display into wartime bereavement, humiliation, and scarcity as part of Jerusalem's judgment. Isaiah 4:1 performs one particular part of that movement: The prophetic poem or speech in Isaiah carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own…” at Isaiah 4:1 as part of “Zion's Luxury Gives Way to Exposure and Loss.”
What Remains True
Within “Zion's Luxury Gives Way to Exposure and Loss,” Isaiah 4:1 performs this role: The prophetic poem or speech in Isaiah carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own…” at Isaiah 4:1 as part of “Zion's Luxury Gives Way to Exposure and Loss.” The resulting enduring truth is Power, violence, false worship, and sustained injustice have consequences, but judgment is not a human license for cruelty.
How It Can Shape Life
- Role in Isaiah 4:1: The prophetic poem or speech in Isaiah carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own…” at Isaiah 4:1 as part of “Zion's Luxury Gives Way to Exposure and Loss.” Contextual meaning in Isaiah 3:16–4:1: A severe poem turns elite display into wartime bereavement, humiliation, and scarcity as part of Jerusalem's judgment. The controlling interpretive and ethical limit is: The gendered portrayal does not authorize misogyny, sexual humiliation, contempt for women, or blaming those who endure war. Proportionate enduring truth: Power, violence, false worship, and sustained injustice have consequences, but judgment is not a human license for cruelty. Application: Identify the ancient referent and named wrongdoing, protect people in danger, and reject revenge, scapegoating, and simplistic explanations of suffering.
Continue in Context
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Read Isaiah 3:16–4:1 — Zion's Luxury Gives Way to Exposure and LossSources used for this Verse Lens
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Isaiah 3:16–4:1, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Isaiah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology at the exact unit, without treating morphology as apparatus, lexicon, composition history, or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Isa.xml, OSIS 3:16–4:1 with Hebrew/KJV versification difference checked
Open the fixed Hebrew Isaiah file ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible Notes: Isaiah
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2016; current official PDF
Supports: Verse-level controls for Hebrew, syntax, poetry, older KJV language, chronology, names, textual issues, and material translation alternatives.
Exact location: Official NET Isaiah PDF, translator, study, and textual notes attached to Isaiah 3:16–4:1 in the complete 205-page book PDF
Open the official NET Isaiah PDF ↗