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Seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread, and wear our own clothing. Just let us be called by your name. Take away our reproach.”
Verse 1. Seven. Many shall sue for a husband, men shall be so scarce. To continue unmarried was reproachful. Deuteronomy 7:14. Calmet.—After the conversion of the Gentiles, pastors will be much wanted. Worthington.
In that day, the LORD’s branch will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the beauty and glory of the survivors of Israel.
Verse 2. Bud. That is, Christ, ( Challoner.) who was faintly prefigured by Zorobabel. Zechariah 3:8. Our Saviour was the fruit of the earth, and sovereign Lord. Calmet.
It will happen that he who is left in Zion and he who remains in Jerusalem shall be called holy, even everyone who is written among the living in Jerusalem,
Verse 3. Life. Only the faithful shall be saved. Worthington.—The Jews, after the captivity, shall be more obedient. But converts to the faith of Christ are styled saints, (Romans 1:7. and so forth) such particularly as are predestined to glory. Romans 8:30. Calmet.—Those who are called to life and the true faith, may forfeit this honour, by their own fault. Menochius.
when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from within it, by the spirit of justice and by the spirit of burning.
Verse 4. Burning. By baptism of water and fire, or of the Holy Ghost. Saint Jerome
The LORD will create over the whole habitation of Mount Zion and over her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night, for over all the glory will be a canopy.
Verse 5. Protection. God will protect his Church, more than he did the Israelites by the pillar. Exodus 14:20. S. Bas. and so forth
There will be a pavilion for a shade in the daytime from the heat, and for a refuge and for a shelter from storm and from rain.