THE TRUTH BEHIND ISAIAH 4:1

By Peace Wobo

Do you know that people often quote Isaiah 4:1 out of context? They quote it without understanding and have deceived themselves and so many others with it. A lot of have justified those that married more than one wife with this particular verse but I want to show you a mystery behind this verse.

I would say that those who hold on to this verse don't have the fear of God in them, or they ignorantly disobey God's law by marrying more than one wife using Isaiah 4:1 as a cover up.

To have a better understanding of Isaiah 4:1 you to read Chapter 3:16-26 

^{16 "}Moreover, the Lord said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty and walk with outstretched necks and with undisciplined (flirtatious and alluring) eyes, tripping along with mincing and affected gait, and making a tinkling noise with [the anklets on] their feet,

¹⁷ Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the heads of the daughters of Zion [making them bald], and the Lord will cause them to be [taken as captives and to suffer the indignity of being] stripped naked.

¹⁸ In that day the Lord will take away the finery of their tinkling anklets, the caps of network, the crescent head ornaments,

¹⁹ The pendants, the bracelets or chains, and the spangled face veils and scarfs,

²⁰ The headbands, the short ankle chains [attached from one foot to the other to insure a measured gait], the sashes, the perfume boxes, the amulets or charms [suspended from the ears or neck],

²¹ The signet rings and nose rings,

²² The festal robes, the cloaks, the stoles and shawls, and the handbags,

²³ The hand mirrors, the fine linen [undergarments], the turbans, and the [whole body-enveloping] veils.

²⁴ And it shall come to pass that instead of the sweet odor of spices there shall be the stench of rottenness; and instead of a girdle, a rope; and instead of well-set hair, baldness; and instead of a rich robe, a girding of sackcloth; and searing [of captives by the scorching heat] instead of beauty.

²⁵ Your men shall fall by the sword, and your mighty men in battle.

²⁶ And [Jerusalem’s] gates shall lament and mourn [as those who wail for the dead]; and she, being ruined and desolate, shall sit upon the ground". 

Haven read this, you can now understand that,

4:1 which says; "And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread and provide our own apparel; only let us be called by your name to take away our reproach [of being unmarried]" is God's punishment for haughty women. 

It is not the portion of any child of God that has served and is still serving God faithfully. That is your portion if you are a haughty woman. 

Haughty means to be arrogant, to feel superior and disdainful. You must have seen all these in the category of the women that the LORD God referred to in chapter 3.

Don't let any man/woman deceive you.

Be wise!