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he will cleanse the bloodstains from Jerusalem by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of fire. <a href="/nlt/isaiah/4.htm">New Living Translation</a> The Lord will wash the filth from beautiful Zion and cleanse Jerusalem of its bloodstains with the hot breath of fiery judgment. <a href="/esv/isaiah/4.htm">English Standard Version</a> when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from its midst by a spirit of judgment and by a spirit of burning. <a href="/bsb/isaiah/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> when the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains from the heart of Jerusalem by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of fire. <a href="/kjv/isaiah/4.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/isaiah/4.htm">New King James Version</a> When the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and purged the blood of Jerusalem from her midst, by the spirit of judgment and by the spirit of burning, <a href="/nasb_/isaiah/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> When the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and purged the bloodshed of Jerusalem from her midst, by the spirit of judgment and the spirit of burning, <a href="/nasb/isaiah/4.htm">NASB 1995</a> When the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and purged the bloodshed of Jerusalem from her midst, by the spirit of judgment and the spirit of burning, <a href="/nasb77/isaiah/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a> When the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and purged the bloodshed of Jerusalem from her midst, by the spirit of judgment and the spirit of burning, <a href="/lsb/isaiah/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> When the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and rinsed away the bloodshed of Jerusalem from her midst, by the spirit of judgment and the spirit of burning, <a href="/amp/isaiah/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a> When the Lord has washed away the [moral] filth of the daughters of Zion and has cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from her midst, by the spirit of judgment and by the spirit of burning, <a href="/csb/isaiah/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> when the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodguilt from the heart of Jerusalem by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of burning. <a href="/hcsb/isaiah/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> when the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodguilt from the heart of Jerusalem by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of burning. <a href="/asv/isaiah/4.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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 justice, and by the spirit of burning. <a href="/cev/isaiah/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> after the LORD sends a fiery judgment to clean the city and its people of their violent deeds. <a href="/erv/isaiah/4.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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. <a href="/gwt/isaiah/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> The Lord will wash away the filth of Zion's people. He will clean bloodstains from Jerusalem with a spirit of judgment and a spirit of burning. <a href="/gnt/isaiah/4.htm">Good News Translation</a> By his power the Lord will judge and purify the nation and wash away the guilt of Jerusalem and the blood that has been shed there. <a href="/isv/isaiah/4.htm">International Standard Version</a> when the LORD will have washed away the filth of the women of Zion, cleaning up Jerusalem's guilt by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of tempest. <a href="/msb/isaiah/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> when the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains from the heart of Jerusalem by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of fire. <a href="/net/isaiah/4.htm">NET Bible</a> At that time the sovereign master will wash the excrement from Zion's women, he will rinse the bloodstains from Jerusalem's midst, as he comes to judge and to bring devastation. <a href="/nheb/isaiah/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from its midst, by the spirit of justice, and by the spirit of burning. <a href="/wbt/isaiah/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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 of it by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning. <a href="/web/isaiah/4.htm">World English Bible</a> when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from within it, by the spirit of justice and by the spirit of burning. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/isaiah/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> If the Lord has washed away "" The filth of daughters of Zion, "" And purges the blood of Jerusalem from her midst, "" By the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning. <a href="/ylt/isaiah/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> If the Lord hath washed away The filth of daughters of Zion, And the blood of Jerusalem purgeth from her midst, By the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning. <a href="/slt/isaiah/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> When Jehovah washed out the excrements of the daughters of Zion, and he shall cleanse the blood of Jerusalem from her midst with the spirit of judgment, and with the spirit of burning.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/isaiah/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> If the Lord shall wash away the filth of the daughters of Sion, and shall wash away the blood of Jerusalem out of the midst thereof, by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning. <a href="/cpdv/isaiah/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Then the Lord will have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and will have washed away the blood of Jerusalem from its midst, by means of a spirit of judgment and a spirit of intense devotion. <a href="/nabre/isaiah/4.htm">New American Bible</a> When the Lord washes away the filth of the daughters of Zion, And purges Jerusalem’s blood from her midst with a blast of judgment, a searing blast, <a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> once the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from its midst by a spirit of judgment and by a spirit of burning.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> When the LORD shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the bloodshed from the midst of Jerusalem, by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of purging. <a href="/hpbt/isaiah/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And LORD JEHOVAH shall wash the impurity of the daughters of Zion, and blood will be put far away from the inside of Jerusalem, in The Spirit of Judgment and in The Burning Spirit<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/isaiah/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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 destruction. <a href="/sep/isaiah/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> For the Lord shall wash away the filth of the sons and daughters of Sion, and shall purge out the blood from the midst of them, with the spirit of judgement, and the spirit of burning. <a href="/parallel/isaiah/4-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=817" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/isaiah/4.htm">A Remnant in Zion</a> …3Whoever remains in Zion and whoever is left in Jerusalem will be called holy—all in Jerusalem who are recorded among the living— 4<a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">when</a> <a href="/hebrew/136.htm" title="136: ’ă·ḏō·nāy (N-proper-ms) -- Lord. Am emphatic form of 'adown; the Lord.">the Lord</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’êṯ (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7364.htm" title="7364: rā·ḥaṣ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To wash, wash off or away, bathe. A primitive root; to lave.">has washed away</a> <a href="/hebrew/6675.htm" title="6675: ṣō·’aṯ (N-fsc) -- Filth. Or tsovah: feminine of tsow'; excrement; generally, dirt; figuratively, pollution.">the filth</a> <a href="/hebrew/1323.htm" title="1323: bə·nō·wṯ- (N-fpc) -- Daughter. From banah; a daughter.">of the daughters</a> <a href="/hebrew/6726.htm" title="6726: ṣî·yō·wn (N-proper-fs) -- A mountain in Jer., also a name for Jer. The same as tsiyuwn; Tsijon, a mountain of Jerusalem.">of Zion</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1740.htm" title="1740: yā·ḏî·aḥ (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms) -- To rinse, cleanse away by rinsing or washing. A primitive root; to thrust away; figuratively, to cleanse.">and cleansed</a> <a href="/hebrew/1818.htm" title="1818: də·mê (N-mpc) -- Blood. From damam; blood of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively bloodshed.">the bloodstains</a> <a href="/hebrew/7130.htm" title="7130: miq·qir·bāh (Prep-m:: N-msc:: 3fs) -- Inward part, midst. From qarab; properly, the nearest part, i.e. The center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial.">from the heart</a> <a href="/hebrew/3389.htm" title="3389: yə·rū·šā·lim (N-proper-fs) -- Probably foundation of peace, capital city of all Isr. ">of Jerusalem</a> <a href="/hebrew/7307.htm" title="7307: bə·rū·aḥ (Prep-b:: N-csc) -- Breath, wind, spirit. From ruwach; wind; by resemblance breath.">by a spirit</a> <a href="/hebrew/4941.htm" title="4941: miš·pāṭ (N-ms) -- Judgment. ">of judgment</a> <a href="/hebrew/7307.htm" title="7307: ū·ḇə·rū·aḥ (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-cs) -- Breath, wind, spirit. From ruwach; wind; by resemblance breath.">and a spirit</a> <a href="/hebrew/1197.htm" title="1197: bā·‘êr (V-Piel-InfAbs) -- To kindle, consume, to be, brutish. A primitive root; to kindle, i.e. Consume; also to be(-come) brutish.">of fire.</a> 5Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud of smoke by day and a glowing flame of fire by night. For over all the glory there will be a canopy,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/ezekiel/36-25.htm">Ezekiel 36:25-27</a> I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols. / I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. / And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances. <a href="/malachi/3-2.htm">Malachi 3:2-3</a> But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap. / And He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the LORD in righteousness. <a href="/zechariah/13-1.htm">Zechariah 13:1</a> “On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the people of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity. <a href="/jeremiah/33-8.htm">Jeremiah 33:8</a> And I will cleanse them from all the iniquity they have committed against Me, and will forgive all their sins of rebellion against Me. <a href="/psalms/51-7.htm">Psalm 51:7</a> Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. <a href="/joel/2-28.htm">Joel 2:28-29</a> And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. / Even on My menservants and maidservants, I will pour out My Spirit in those days. <a href="/ezekiel/37-23.htm">Ezekiel 37:23</a> They will no longer defile themselves with their idols or detestable images, or with any of their transgressions. I will save them from all their apostasies by which they sinned, and I will cleanse them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God. <a href="/zechariah/12-10.htm">Zechariah 12:10</a> Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son. <a href="/jeremiah/31-33.htm">Jeremiah 31:33-34</a> “But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people. / No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.” <a href="/ezekiel/11-19.htm">Ezekiel 11:19-20</a> And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh, / so that they may follow My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God. <a href="/matthew/3-11.htm">Matthew 3:11-12</a> I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. / His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.” <a href="/john/3-5.htm">John 3:5</a> Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. <a href="/titus/3-5.htm">Titus 3:5</a> He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit. <a href="/1_john/1-7.htm">1 John 1:7</a> But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. <a href="/hebrews/9-14.htm">Hebrews 9:14</a> how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the middle thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.washed away<a href="/isaiah/3-16.htm">Isaiah 3:16</a> Moreover 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:<a href="/lamentations/1-9.htm">Lamentations 1:9</a> Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end; therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O LORD, behold my affliction: for the enemy hath magnified himself.<a href="/ezekiel/16-6.htm">Ezekiel 16:6-9</a> And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live… have purged<a href="/isaiah/26-20.htm">Isaiah 26:20,21</a> Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast… <a href="/ezekiel/24-7.htm">Ezekiel 24:7-14</a> For 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; … <a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37</a> O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!by the spirit<a href="/isaiah/9-5.htm">Isaiah 9:5</a> For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.<a href="/ezekiel/22-18.htm">Ezekiel 22:18-22</a> Son 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… <a href="/malachi/3-2.htm">Malachi 3:2,3</a> But 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: … <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/1-18.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/proverbs/29-10.htm">Bloodshed</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-24.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-16.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/3-18.htm">Cleanse</a> <a href="/proverbs/30-12.htm">Cleansed</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-17.htm">Daughters</a> <a href="/isaiah/4-3.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/proverbs/30-12.htm">Filth</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-31.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/isaiah/4-3.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/proverbs/31-9.htm">Judging</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-14.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-27.htm">Justice</a> <a href="/songs/3-10.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/proverbs/16-6.htm">Purged</a> <a href="/john/15-2.htm">Purgeth</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-28.htm">Scoured</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-9.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-14.htm">Spirit</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-14.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-16.htm">Wash</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-16.htm">Washed</a> <a href="/songs/4-16.htm">Wind</a> <a href="/isaiah/4-1.htm">Women</a> <a href="/isaiah/4-3.htm">Zion</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/5-7.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-7.htm">Bloodshed</a> <a href="/isaiah/6-6.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/isaiah/6-7.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-11.htm">Cleanse</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-8.htm">Cleansed</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-21.htm">Daughters</a> <a href="/isaiah/6-5.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-8.htm">Filth</a> <a href="/isaiah/4-5.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-3.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-7.htm">Judging</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-7.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-7.htm">Justice</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-2.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/isaiah/6-7.htm">Purged</a> <a href="/john/15-2.htm">Purgeth</a> <a href="/mark/6-55.htm">Scoured</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-18.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-2.htm">Spirit</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-2.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-22.htm">Wash</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-22.htm">Washed</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-2.htm">Wind</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-16.htm">Women</a> <a href="/isaiah/4-5.htm">Zion</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 4</div>1. <a href="/isaiah/4-1.htm">In the extremity of evils, Christ's kingdom shall be a sanctuary.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/4.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/isaiah/4.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>when the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion This phrase indicates a divine act of purification. The "daughters of Zion" refers to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, often symbolizing the people of Israel. The imagery of washing away filth suggests a cleansing from sin and moral corruption. In biblical context, this purification is necessary for the people to be restored to a right relationship with God. The concept of washing is echoed in other scriptures, such as <a href="/psalms/51-2.htm">Psalm 51:2</a>, where David asks God to wash away his iniquity. This cleansing can also be seen as a type of Christ's redemptive work, where believers are cleansed by His sacrifice.and cleansed the bloodstains from the heart of Jerusalem The "bloodstains" symbolize guilt and the consequences of sin, particularly violence and injustice. The heart of Jerusalem represents the core of the nation's spiritual and moral life. Historically, Jerusalem had been a center of both worship and rebellion against God. The cleansing of bloodstains implies a removal of guilt and a restoration of righteousness. This is reminiscent of the sacrificial system in the Old Testament, where blood was required for atonement, pointing forward to the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ, whose blood cleanses believers from all sin (1 <a href="/john/1-7.htm">John 1:7</a>).by a spirit of judgment The "spirit of judgment" refers to God's righteous assessment and correction of His people. Judgment in this context is not merely punitive but purifying, intended to bring about repentance and restoration. This aligns with the prophetic tradition where God's judgment leads to renewal and hope. The concept of divine judgment is prevalent throughout the Bible, emphasizing God's holiness and justice. It serves as a reminder that God will not tolerate sin indefinitely but will act to purify His people.and a spirit of fire Fire is a common biblical symbol for purification and the presence of God. It represents the intense and consuming nature of God's holiness, which purifies and refines. In the context of Isaiah, the spirit of fire suggests a thorough cleansing process, akin to refining metal. This imagery is also seen in the New Testament, where the Holy Spirit is described as fire (<a href="/matthew/3-11.htm">Matthew 3:11</a>), indicating the transformative power of God's presence in believers' lives. The spirit of fire underscores the idea that God's purification is both powerful and necessary for His people to be holy.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The Lord</a> Refers to Yahweh, the covenant God of Israel, who is actively involved in the purification and restoration of His people. 2. <a href="/topical/d/daughters_of_zion.htm">Daughters of Zion</a> Symbolically represents the people of Jerusalem, often used to denote the inhabitants of the city or the nation of Israel as a whole. 3. <a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a> The capital city of Israel, central to Jewish identity and worship, often representing the spiritual state of the nation. 4. <a href="/topical/s/spirit_of_judgment.htm">Spirit of Judgment</a> Represents God's righteous and just nature, through which He purifies and corrects His people. 5. <a href="/topical/s/spirit_of_fire.htm">Spirit of Fire</a> Symbolizes purification and refinement, often associated with the presence and holiness of God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_purifying_work.htm">God's Purifying Work</a> God is committed to purifying His people, removing sin and impurity to restore them to righteousness. This purification is both a judgment and a grace, as it leads to holiness and renewal. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_judgment.htm">The Role of Judgment</a> Judgment is not merely punitive but serves a redemptive purpose, leading to repentance and transformation. Believers should embrace God's discipline as a means of spiritual growth and maturity. <a href="/topical/f/fire_as_a_metaphor_for_holiness.htm">Fire as a Metaphor for Holiness</a> Fire represents God's holiness and the transformative power of His presence. Christians are called to live holy lives, allowing God's refining fire to cleanse and shape them. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_repentance.htm">The Importance of Repentance</a> True cleansing requires repentance, turning away from sin and towards God. Regular self-examination and confession are vital for maintaining a pure heart before God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 4</a> <a href="/q/literal_meaning_of_isaiah_4_4_historical_parallels.htm">Isaiah 4:4 speaks of cleansing by “spirit of judgment” and “spirit of burning”—how should this be interpreted in a literal sense, and is there any parallel in historical or scientific records? </a> <a href="/q/what_does_'baptized_with_fire'_mean.htm">What does "baptized with the Holy Spirit and fire" mean?</a> <a href="/q/how_is_isaiah_4_3's_remnant_reconciled.htm">In Isaiah 4:3, how do we reconcile the idea of a holy remnant in Jerusalem with records of ongoing conflicts and population shifts in that region?</a> <a href="/q/isaiah_8_4__align_with_assyrian_records.htm">Isaiah 8:4: Does the swift judgment on Damascus and Samaria align with known Assyrian records or is it purely a biblical claim?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) When the Lord shall have washed away the filth . . .--This serves as the connecting link with <a href="/context/isaiah/3-16.htm" title="Moreover the LORD said, 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:">Isaiah 3:16-24</a>. The prophet has not forgotten the daughters of Zion. Jehovah will wash away, as with the baptism of repentance, the "filth," the moral uncleanness, that lay beneath their outward show of beauty. The "blood of Jerusalem," in the next verse, has a wide range of meaning, from the "murders" of <a href="/isaiah/1-15.htm" title="And when you spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you: yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.">Isaiah 1:15</a>; <a href="/isaiah/1-21.htm" title="How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.">Isaiah 1:21</a>, to the Moloch sacrifices in which the women had borne a conspicuous part (<a href="/psalms/106-38.htm" title="And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.">Psalm 106:38</a>; <a href="/isaiah/57-5.htm" title="Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clefts of the rocks?">Isaiah 57:5</a>; <a href="/context/ezekiel/22-2.htm" title="Now, you son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? yes, you shall show her all her abominations.">Ezekiel 22:2-3</a>). . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 4. - When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion (see <a href="/isaiah/3-16.htm">Isaiah 3:16-24</a>). Sin must not be merely repented of and pardoned; it must be put away. There could be no Jerusalem, in which all should be "called holy," until the moral defilement of the daughters of Zion was swept away. Purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst (comp. <a href="/isaiah/1-15.htm">Isaiah 1:15</a>; <a href="/isaiah/59-3.htm">Isaiah 59:3</a>). It is possible, however, that the murder of infants in sacrifice to Moloch may be in the prophet's mind. Ahaz "burnt his children in the fire after the abominations of the heathen" (<a href="/2_chronicles/28-3.htm">2 Chronicles 28:3</a>). Manasseh did the same (<a href="/2_chronicles/33-6.htm">2 Chronicles 33:6</a>): and the practice was probably widespread among the people long before Isaiah's time (see <a href="/psalms/106-38.htm">Psalm 106:38</a>; <a href="/isaiah/57-5.htm">Isaiah 57:5</a>). By the spirit of burning; or, by a blast of burning; i.e. a fiery blast which shall destroy everything (comp. <a href="/isaiah/1-31.htm">Isaiah 1:31</a>). <a href="/commentaries/isaiah/4-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>when אִ֣ם ׀ (’im) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not the Lord אֲדֹנָ֗י (’ă·ḏō·nāy) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_136.htm">Strong's 136: </a> The Lord has washed away רָחַ֣ץ (rā·ḥaṣ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7364.htm">Strong's 7364: </a> To wash, wash off or away, bathe the filth צֹאַ֣ת (ṣō·’aṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6675.htm">Strong's 6675: </a> Excrement, dirt, pollution of the daughters בְּנוֹת־ (bə·nō·wṯ-) Noun - feminine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1323.htm">Strong's 1323: </a> A daughter of Zion צִיּ֔וֹן (ṣî·yō·wn) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6726.htm">Strong's 6726: </a> Zion -- a mountain in Jerusalem, also a name for Jerusalem and cleansed יָדִ֣יחַ (yā·ḏî·aḥ) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1740.htm">Strong's 1740: </a> To rinse, cleanse away by rinsing or washing the bloodstains דְּמֵ֥י (də·mê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1818.htm">Strong's 1818: </a> Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed from the heart מִקִּרְבָּ֑הּ (miq·qir·bāh) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7130.htm">Strong's 7130: </a> The nearest part, the center of Jerusalem יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם (yə·rū·šā·lim) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3389.htm">Strong's 3389: </a> Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel by a spirit בְּר֥וּחַ (bə·rū·aḥ) Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7307.htm">Strong's 7307: </a> Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit of judgment מִשְׁפָּ֖ט (miš·pāṭ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4941.htm">Strong's 4941: </a> A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style and a spirit וּבְר֥וּחַ (ū·ḇə·rū·aḥ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7307.htm">Strong's 7307: </a> Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit of fire. בָּעֵֽר׃ (bā·‘êr) Verb - Piel - Infinitive absolute <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1197.htm">Strong's 1197: </a> To kindle, consume, to be, brutish <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/4-4.htm">Isaiah 4:4 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/isaiah/4-4.htm">Isaiah 4:4 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/isaiah/4-4.htm">Isaiah 4:4 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/isaiah/4-4.htm">Isaiah 4:4 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/isaiah/4-4.htm">Isaiah 4:4 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/4-4.htm">Isaiah 4:4 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/4-4.htm">Isaiah 4:4 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/4-4.htm">Isaiah 4:4 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/4-4.htm">Isaiah 4:4 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/isaiah/4-4.htm">Isaiah 4:4 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/isaiah/4-4.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 4:4 When the Lord shall have washed away (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/4-3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 4:3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 4:3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/4-5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 4:5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 4:5" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>