Isaiah 4 · Verse 3

Isaiah 4:3

And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem:
Isaiah 4:3, King James Version

Isaiah 4:3 in other translations

BSBWhoever remains in Zion and whoever is left in Jerusalem will be called holy— all in Jerusalem who are recorded among the living—
WEBIt 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,
ASVAnd it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem;
YLTAnd it hath been, he who is left in Zion, And he who is remaining in Jerusalem, ‘Holy' is said of him, Of every one who is written for life in Jerusalem.
DARBYAnd it shall come to pass that he who remaineth in Zion, and he that is left in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, — every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem;
BBEAnd it will come about that the rest of the living in Zion, and of those who have been kept from destruction in Jerusalem, will be named holy, even everyone who has been recorded for life in Jerusalem:
WebsterAnd it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem:

What does Isaiah 4:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
3. left in Zion--equivalent to the "escaped of Israel" (Is 4:2). shall be called--shall be (Is 9:6). holy--(Is 52:1; 60:21; Re 21:27). written--in the book of life, antitypically (Php 4:3; Re 3:5; 17:8). Primarily, in the register kept of Israel's families and tribes. living--not "blotted out" from the registry, as dead; but written there as among the "escaped of Israel" (Da 12:1; Eze 13:9). To the elect of Israel, rather than the saved in general, the special reference is here (Joe 3:17).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 Written among the living - That is, whose name stands in the enrolment or register of the people; or every man living, who is a citizen of Jerusalem. See Eze 13:9, where, "they shall not be written in the writing of the house of Israel," is the same with what immediately goes before, "they shall not be in the assembly of my people." Compare Psa 69:28; Psa 87:6; Exo 32:32. To number and register the people was agreeable to the law of Moses, and probably was always practiced; being, in sound policy, useful, and even necessary. David's design of numbering the people was of another kind; it was to enroll them for his army. Michaelis Mosaisches Recht, Part iii., p. 227. See also his Dissert. de Censibus Hebraeorum.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 4:2-6

Not only the setting forth Christ's kingdom in the times of the apostles, but its enlargement by gathering the dispersed Jews into the church, is foretold. Christ is called the Branch of the Lord, being planted by his power, and flourishing to his praise. The gospel is the fruit of the Branch of the Lord; all the graces and comforts of the gospel spring from Christ. It is called the fruit of the earth, because it…

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Isaiah 4:3 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְהָיָ֣ה\׀ve.ha.Yahand it will beH1961
הַנִּשְׁאָ֣רha.nish.'Arwho remainsH7604
בְּצִיּ֗וֹןbe.tzi.Yonin ZionH6726
וְהַנּוֹתָר֙ve.ha.no.Tarand <the> [one who is] left behindH3498
בִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םbi.Ru.sha.Limin JerusalemH3389
קָד֖וֹשׁka.Do.oshholyH6918
יֵאָ֣מֶרye.'A.merit will be saidH559
ל֑וֹloof him
כָּל\־kol-everyH3605
הַכָּת֥וּבha.ka.Tuv<the> [one] recordedH3789
לַחַיִּ֖יםla.chai.Yimfor <the> lifeH2416
בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם\׃bi.ru.sha.Limin JerusalemH3389

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 4:3

  • Luke 10:20

    Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.

  • Isaiah 60:21

    Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.

  • Psalms 69:28

    Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

  • Isaiah 52:1

    Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.

  • Revelation 21:27

    And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

  • Exodus 32:32-33

    Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin—; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written. And the Lord said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.

  • Ezekiel 43:12

    This is the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.

  • Revelation 13:8

    And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

  • Colossians 3:12

    Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

  • Revelation 20:15

    And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

  • Revelation 3:5

    He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

  • Philippians 4:3

    And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
shall be.
1:27; 52:1; 60:21; Eze 36:24-28; 43:12; Zec 14:20,21; Eph 1:4
Col 3:12; Heb 12:14; 1Pe 2:9
written.
Ex 32:32,33; Eze 13:9; Lu 10:20; Php 4:3; Re 3:5; 13:8; 17:8; 20:15
Re 21:27
among the living. or, to life.
Ac 13:48

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Context

  • Isaiah 4:2

    In that day shall the branch of the Lord be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.

  • Isaiah 4:3

    And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem:

  • Isaiah 4:4

    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.

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Isaiah 4:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y acontecerá que el que quedare en Sión, y el que fuere dejado en Jerusalem, será llamado santo; todos los que en Jerusalem están escritos entre los vivientes;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et le résidu en Sion, et le reste dans Jérusalem, sera appelé saint: quiconque sera écrit parmi les vivants dans Jérusalem,
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und es wird geschehen, wer in Zion übriggeblieben und wer in Jerusalem übriggelassen ist, wird heilig heißen, ein jeder, der zum Leben eingeschrieben ist in Jerusalem:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et erit: omnis qui relictus fuerit in Sion, et residuus in Jerusalem, Sanctus vocabitur, omnis qui scriptus est in vita in Jerusalem.