1 And in that day seven women will put their hands on one man, saying, There will be no need for you to give us food or clothing, only let us go under your name, so that our shame may be taken away. 2 In that day will the young growth of the Lord be beautiful in glory, and the fruit of the earth will be the pride of those who are still living in Israel. 3 And 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: 4 When Zion has been washed from her sin by the Lord, and Jerusalem made clean from her blood by a judging and a burning wind. 5 And over every living-place on Mount Zion, all over all her meetings, the Lord will make a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night, for over all, the glory of the Lord will be a cover and a tent; 6 And a shade in the daytime from the heat, and a safe cover from storm and from rain.
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- 1 Genesis 30:23; Isaiah 2:17; Isaiah 13:12; Luke 21:22; Luke 1:25
- 2 Jeremiah 23:5; Zechariah 6:12; Zechariah 3:8; Isaiah 27:6; Joel 2:32
- 3 Luke 10:20; Isaiah 60:21; Psalm 69:28; Isaiah 52:1; Revelation 21:27
- 4 Malachi 3:2–3; Ezekiel 22:18–22; Ezekiel 36:25; Zechariah 13:9; Matthew 3:11–12
- 5 Exodus 13:21–22; Nehemiah 9:12; Exodus 40:34–38; Numbers 9:15–22; Psalm 78:14
- 6 Isaiah 25:4; Psalm 27:5; Isaiah 32:2; Proverbs 18:10; Isaiah 8:14
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Now in the last days, when the fulness of the time of liberty had arrived, the Word Himself did by Himself "wash away the filth of the daughters of Zion," when He washed the disciples' feet with His own hands.
… Levi, and pour them out like gold and silver?" Similarly Isaiah says, "The Lord shall wash the filthiness of the sons and daughters of Zion, and shall cleanse away the blood from their midst, by the spirit of judgment and by the spirit of burning." Unless perhaps we should say that they are cleansed from filthiness and in a manner …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
The Lord will wash away the filth of His sons and of His daughters by the Spirit of judgment, and by the Spirit of burning.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)