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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Isaiah 4:2 - 4:2
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In contrast to those on whom vengeance falls, there is a manifestation of Jesus Christ to the “escaped of Israel” in His characteristic attributes, beauty and glory, typified in Aaron’s garments (Exo 28:2). Their sanctification is promised as the fruit of their being “written” in the book of life by sovereign love (Isa 4:3); the means of it are the “spirit of judgment” and that of “burning” (Isa 4:4). Their “defense” by the special presence of Jesus Christ is promised (Isa 4:5, Isa 4:6).
branch - the sprout of Jehovah. Messiah (Jer 23:5; Jer 33:15; Zec 3:8; Zec 6:12; Luk 1:78, Margin). The parallel clause does not, as Maurer objects, oppose this; for “fruit of the earth” answers to “branch”; He shall not be a dry, but a fruit-bearing branch (Isa 27:6; Eze 34:23-27). He is “of the earth” in His birth and death, while He is also “of the Lord” (Jehovah) (Joh 12:24). His name, “the Branch,” chiefly regards His descent from David, when the family was low and reduced (Luk 2:4, Luk 2:7, Luk 2:24); a sprout with more than David’s glory, springing as from a decayed tree (Isa 11:1; Isa 53:2; Rev 22:16).
excellent - (Heb 1:4; Heb 8:6).
comely - (Son 5:15, Son 5:16; Eze 16:14).
escaped of Israel - the elect remnant (Rom 11:5); (1) in the return from Babylon; (2) in the escape from Jerusalem’s destruction under Titus; (3) in the still future assault on Jerusalem, and deliverance of “the third part”; events mutually analogous, like concentric circles (Zec 12:2-10; Zec 13:8, Zec 13:9, etc.; Zec 14:2; Eze 39:23-29; Joe 3:1-21).