Isaiah 4
Isaiah saw the immodest and non-virtuous women of our day declaring -
"...the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:
17 Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover their secret parts.
18 In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon,
19 The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,
20 The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings,
21 The rings, and nose jewels,
22 The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins,
23 The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails.
24 And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty." (Old Testament | Isaiah 3:16 - 24)
The footnote for "glasses" suggests transparent clothing. And it is my understand that "baldness" was the appearance or symbol of slaves.
And under these conditions -
"...she being desolate shall sit upon the ground." (Old Testament | Isaiah 3:26)
In my mind, being desolate means and nothing and no where to go.
But the Lord counters with the daughters of Zion who repent and become righteous women, for -
"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.
5 And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.
6 And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain." (Old Testament | Isaiah 4:4 - 6)
That is that there will be no desolation, but protection and His Spirit in the homes and families of righteous women where they will be protected from the wicked storms of the adversary.
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