Bible Strands
Isaiah 4:2
On that day the Branch of the LORD will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of Israel’s survivors.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Isaiah speaks as God's prophet, situating the verse between two scenes of post-judgment scarcity (4:1) and the remnant's re-designation as holy (4:3). The "day" is a future moment of severe reduction in which Israel's identity has been stripped away.
The words — צֶמַח (tsémaḥ, H6780) is a botanical term for a shoot or sprout, not a generic "branch"; it denotes new growth emerging from an existing root, and it is the same word used for the messianic figure in Jeremiah 23:5 and Zechariah 3:8, 6:12.
The thread — The "Branch of the LORD" in Isaiah 4:2 is the same tsémaḥ that Jeremiah 23:5 identifies as a righteous descendant of David and that Zechariah 6:12 names as a man who will build the temple. The "fruit of the land" as the remnant's pride (Isa 4:2) parallels Zechariah 3:8, where the Branch is set before the high priest as a sign to the community.
Why it lands — The verse places the reader in the category of "survivors" (4:3) whose glory is not self-generated but derivative of the Branch; it asks whether one recognizes that identity in a time of reduction comes from outside oneself.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 23:5 Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
- Zechariah 6:12 And you are to tell him that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Here is a man whose name is the Branch, and He will branch out from His place and build the temple of the LORD.
- Zechariah 3:8 Hear now, O high priest Joshua, you and your companions seated before you, who are indeed a sign. For behold, I am going to bring My servant, the Branch.
- Isaiah 27:6 In the days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit.
- Joel 2:32 And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has promised, among the remnant called by the LORD.
- Jeremiah 33:15 In those days and at that time I will cause to sprout for David a righteous Branch, and He will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
- Romans 11:4 And what was the divine reply to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
- Exodus 28:2 Make holy garments for your brother Aaron, to give him glory and splendor.
- Psalms 72:16 May there be an abundance of grain in the land; may it sway atop the hills. May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon, the people of its cities like the grass of the field.
- Isaiah 37:31 And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above.