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Isaiah 4

Isa. 4:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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When the Lord
'Adonay (Hebrew #136)
the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
KJV usage: (my) Lord.
Pronounce: ad-o-noy'
Origin: am emphatic form of 113
shall haved washed away
rachats (Hebrew #7364)
to lave (the whole or a part of a thing)
KJV usage: bathe (self), wash (self).
Pronounce: raw-khats'
Origin: a primitive root
the filth
tsow'ah (Hebrew #6675)
excrement; generally, dirt; figuratively, pollution
KJV usage: dung, filth(-iness). Marg. for 2716.
Pronounce: tso-aw'
Origin: or tsovah {tso-aw'}: feminine of 6674
of the daughters
bath (Hebrew #1323)
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, X first, X old, + owl, town, village.
Pronounce: bath
Origin: from 1129 (as feminine of 1121)
of Zion
Tsiyown (Hebrew #6726)
Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem
KJV usage: Zion.
Pronounce: tsee-yone'
Origin: the same (regularly) as 6725
, and shall have purged
duwach (Hebrew #1740)
to thrust away; figuratively, to cleanse
KJV usage: cast out, purge, wash.
Pronounce: doo'-akh
Origin: a primitive root
the blood
dam (Hebrew #1818)
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
KJV usage: blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), + innocent.
Pronounce: dawm
Origin: from 1826 (compare 119)
of Jerusalem
Yruwshalaim (Hebrew #3389)
a dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of 3390)); probably from (the passive participle of) 3384 and 7999; founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
KJV usage: Jerusalem.
Pronounce: yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im
Origin: rarely Yruwshalayim {yer-oo- shaw-lah'-yim}
from the midst
qereb (Hebrew #7130)
properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)
KJV usage: X among, X before, bowels, X unto charge, + eat (up), X heart, X him, X in, inward (X -ly, part, -s, thought), midst, + out of, purtenance, X therein, X through, X within self.
Pronounce: keh'-reb
Origin: from 7126
thereof by the spirit
ruwach (Hebrew #7307)
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
KJV usage: air, anger, blast, breath, X cool, courage, mind, X quarter, X side, spirit((-ual)), tempest, X vain, ((whirl-))wind(-y).
Pronounce: roo'-akh
Origin: from 7306
of judgment
mishpat (Hebrew #4941)
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style
KJV usage: + adversary, ceremony, charge, X crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, X worthy, + wrong.
Pronounce: mish-pawt'
Origin: from 8199
, and by the spirit
ruwach (Hebrew #7307)
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
KJV usage: air, anger, blast, breath, X cool, courage, mind, X quarter, X side, spirit((-ual)), tempest, X vain, ((whirl-))wind(-y).
Pronounce: roo'-akh
Origin: from 7306
of burning
ba`ar (Hebrew #1197)
to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); also (as denominative from 1198) to be(-come) brutish
KJV usage: be brutish, bring (put, take) away, burn, (cause to) eat (up), feed, heat, kindle, set ((on fire)), waste.
Pronounce: baw-ar'
Origin: a primitive root
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Zech. 13:1• 1In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness. (Zech. 13:1)

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Blood,
Daughter,
Jerusalem,
Spirit,
Washing,
Zion; Sion; Mount Zion

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Ministry on This Verse

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washed away.
Isa. 3:16‑26• 16And Jehovah saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks, and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:
 17therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and Jehovah will discover their secret parts.
 18In that day the Lord will take away the ornament of anklets, and the networks, and the crescents,
 19the pendants, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,
 20the head-tires, and the ankle-chains, and the sashes, and the perfume-boxes, and the amulets,
 21the rings, and the nose-jewels,
 22the festival-robes and the mantles, and the shawls, and the bags ,
 23the mirrors, and the fine linen, and the turbans, and the flowing veils.
 24And it shall come to pass, instead of sweet spices there shall be rottenness and instead of a girdle, a rope; and instead of well-set hair, baldness; and instead of a stomacher, a girding of sackcloth; branding instead of beauty.
 25Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.
 26And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she, stripped , shall sit upon the ground. (Isa. 3:16‑26)
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Lam. 1:9• 9Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end;{HR}Therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter.{HR}O Jehovah, behold my affliction: for the enemy hath magnified himself. (Lam. 1:9)
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Ezek. 16:6‑9• 6{i}And I passed by thee, and saw thee weltering in thy blood, and I said unto thee, in thy blood, Live! yea, I said unto thee, in thy blood, Live!{/i}
 7{i}I caused thee to multiply, as the bud of the field; and thou didst increase and grow great, and thou camest to fullness of beauty; thy breasts were fashioned, and thy hair grew: but thou wast naked and bare.{/i}
 8{i}And I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, and behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness; and I swore unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord Jehovah, and thou becamest mine.{/i}
 9{i}And I washed thee with water, and thoroughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil;{/i} (Ezek. 16:6‑9)
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Ezek. 22:15• 15And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee. (Ezek. 22:15)
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Ezek. 36:25,29• 25Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
 29I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you. (Ezek. 36:25,29)
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Joel 3:21• 21For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for Jehovah dwelleth in Zion. (Joel 3:21)
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Zeph. 3:1• 1Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! (Zeph. 3:1)
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Zech. 3:3‑4• 3Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.
 4{i}And he spoke and said unto those that stood before him, saying,{/i} Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with costly raiment. (Zech. 3:3‑4)
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Zech. 13:1,9• 1In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.
 9And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. {i}They shall call on my name, and I will answer them: I will say, It is my people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God.{/i} (Zech. 13:1,9)
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Mal. 3:2‑3• 2But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers’ soap:
 3and he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer them unto Jehovah an offering in righteousness. (Mal. 3:2‑3)
have purged.
Isa. 26:20‑21• 20Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee; hide thyself for a little moment, until the indignation be past.
 21For, behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place to visit the iniquity of the inhabitants of the earth on them; and the earth shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain. (Isa. 26:20‑21)
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Ezek. 24:7‑14• 7For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;
 8that it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood on the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.
 9{i}Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile great.{/i}
 10{i}Heap on the wood, kindle the fire, boil thoroughly the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.{/i}
 11{i}Then set it empty upon its coals, that it may be hot, and the brass of it may burn, and that its filthiness may be molten in it, and that its rust may be consumed.{/i}
 12With frauds it wearied itself; and the greatness of its scum goeth not off from it: into the fire its scum!
 13In thy uncleanness is incest: because I cleansed thee and thou wouldst not be cleansed, thou shalt not be cleansed from thy uncleanness anymore till I have caused my fury to rest on thee.
 14I Jehovah have spoken: it cometh to pass, I will do it; I will not go back, nor have pity, nor repent: according to thy ways and according to thy doings shall they judge thee, saith the Lord Jehovah. (Ezek. 24:7‑14)
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Matt. 23:37• 37{i}Jerusalem, Jerusalem, [the city] that kills the prophets and stones those that are sent unto her, how often would I have gathered thy children as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!{/i} (Matt. 23:37)
by the spirit.
Isa. 9:5• 5For every boot of him that is shod for the tumult, and the garment rolled in blood, shall be for burning, fuel for fire. (Isa. 9:5)
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Ezek. 22:18‑22• 18Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.
 19Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah; Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
 20As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you.
 21Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.
 22As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I Jehovah have poured out my fury upon you. (Ezek. 22:18‑22)
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Mal. 3:2‑3• 2But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers’ soap:
 3and he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer them unto Jehovah an offering in righteousness. (Mal. 3:2‑3)
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Mal. 4:1• 1For, behold, the day cometh that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith Jehovah of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. (Mal. 4:1)
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Matt. 3:11‑12• 11{i}I indeed baptize you with water to repentance, but he that comes after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not fit to bear; he shall baptize you with [the] Holy Spirit and fire;{/i}
 12{i}whose winnowing fan [is] in his hand, and he shall thoroughly purge his threshing-floor, and shall gather his wheat into the garner, but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.{/i} (Matt. 3:11‑12)
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John 16:8‑11• 8And when come, he will convince the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
 9of sin, because they believe not on me;
 10of righteousness, because I go unto my Father, and ye behold me no more;
 11of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged. (John 16:8‑11)
• There must be that work of cleansing of which verse 4 speaks, described as “a spirit of judgment and by the spirit of burning”; that is, by fire. We may remember that John the Baptist said of our Lord, “He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire” (Matt. 3:11). He indicated also that it was the chaff that should be burned, while the wheat was gathered into His garner. (“Isaiah 4” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have scoured out the blood of Jerusalem from its midst, by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.

W. Kelly Translation

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when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.