Isaiah 4

Isaiah 4:1

4:2-6 The rest of chapter 4 looks forward to the glorious kingdom of Christ. He is the Branch of verse 2, beautiful and glorious. Matthew Henry comments: He is the branch of the Lord, the man the branch; it is one of his prophetical names, my servant the branch (Zech. iii. 8; vi. 12), the branch of righteousness (Jer. xxiii. 5; xxxiii. 15), a rod out of the stem of Jesse and a branch out of his roots (ch. xi. 1), and this, as some think, is alluded to when he is called a Nazarene, Matt. ii. 23. Here he is called the branch of the Lord, because planted by his power and flourishing to his praise. The ancient Chaldee paraphrase here reads it, The Christ, or Messiah, of the Lord. He is also the first fruit of the land, in whom the restored Israelites boast. Unbelievers will have been destroyed by the Lord Jesus at His Second Advent. Saved Jews, recorded for life in Jerusalem, will be called holy. The cleansing of verse 4 is accomplished by . . . judgment and not by the gospel. Mount Zion will be covered by a canopy of cloud . . . by day and of flaming fire by night, a symbol of God’s care and protection.