ISAIAH
CHAPTER 4
OBSERVATION
STAGE
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
The purpose of
the observation stage is to maintain focus on the text at hand within the
normative rules of language, context and logic 
.
.This
limits the observer to the content offered by the book of Isaiah. This
will serve to avoid going on unnecessary tangents elsewhere; and more
importantly, it will provide the framework for a proper and objective
comparison with passages located elsewhere in Scripture.
Remember that
something elsewhere may be true, but in the text at hand it may not be in
view.
Immediately
below is an excerpt that reviews the context of the previous chapter 3
which continues into chapter 4
Or
skip to the beginning of chapter 4: 
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EXCERPT FROM ISAIAH CHAPTER 3 ************
(3:16-4:1)
ISAIAH CHAPTER 3 CONTINUES THE CONTEXT OF CHAPTER 2 OF THE DAY OF THE
LORD'S COMING INTO THE WORLD TO ESTABLISH HIS ETERNAL KINGDOM RULE BUT
WITH A FOCUS UPON JERUSALEM AND THAT FUTURE GENERATION OF JUDAH. ISAIAH
SINGLED OUT THE HAUGHTY BEHAVIOR OF THE WOMEN OF ISRAEL OF THAT TIME AS
A REFLECTION OF HOW ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE LORD WOULD HAVE CONDUCTED
THEMSELVES. THE WOMEN WOULD BE ARROGANT, DECEPTIVE AND WANTON.
THEREFORE, THE LORD WOULD STRIKE THE CROWN OF THEIR HEADS WITH SCABS;
THEIR SINFUL SECRETS WOULD BE EXPOSED; THEIR LUXURIOUS CLOTHING AND
ACCESSORIES TAKEN AWAY. AND IN PLACE OF A SWEET SMELL - A STENCH; OF A
SASH - A ROPE; OF WELL-SET HAIR - BALDNESS; OF A RICH ROBE - SACKCLOTH;
OF BEAUTY - BRANDING MARKS. THEIR MEN WOULD FALL BY THE SWORD; THE GATES
OF THE CITY OF JERUSALEM WOULD BE A PLACE OF LAMENTING AND MOURNING. AND
IN THAT DAY, FOR THE LACK OF MEN, SEVEN WOMEN WOULD DESPERATELY AND
SHAMELESSLY COMPETE TO BE THE WIFE OF ONE MAN
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END OF EXCERPT FROM ISAIAH CHAPTER 3 ************
I)
[Isa 4:2-6]:
A)
(4:2-6) THE CONTEXT OF THE DAY OF THE LORD'S PURGING OF SIN AND THE
ESTABLISHING OF HIS ETERNAL KINGDOM CONTINUES. THE PHRASE "THE
BRANCH OF THE LORD" REFERS TO THE LORD IN HIS ROLE TO DO THAT. AND
THOSE THAT REMAIN - THOSE WHO HAVE SURVIVED THE LORD'S PURGING - SHALL
ENJOY THE FRUIT OF THE EARTH WHICH NOW SHALL BE EXCELLENT AND APPEALING.
THEY SHALL BE CALLED "HOLY" - SET APART AS HIS CHOSEN PEOPLE -
THOSE OF THAT GENERATION OF ISRAEL WHO HAVE BEEN CREDITED WITH THE
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD THROUGH ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THEIR SIN AND FAITH IN
HIS PROVISION OF THAT RIGHTEOUSNESS. FURTHERMORE, THE LORD WOULD CREATE
ABOVE EVERY DWELLING AND ASSEMBLY IN JERUSALEM A COVERING OF CLOUD AND
SMOKE BY DAY AND THE SHINING OF A FLAMING FIRE BY NIGHT - FOR A PLACE OF
REFUGE AND PROTECTION FOR HIS PEOPLE
1)
[Compare Isa 2:2-12]: ....
DETAILS FROM CHAPTER 2
2)
[Compare Isa 11:1-5]:
3)
[Compare Isa 1:18]:
4)
[Compare Isa 1:19]:
5)
[Compare Isa 3:10]:
6)
[Compare Isa 1:21-31]:
CONTINUE
TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 5
