1 The small remnant of men after the destruction of Jerusalém 2 The graces of God upon them that remain.
1.And in that daie shall aseven women take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and we will wear our own garments: only blet us be called by thy name, and take away our creproach.
2.In that daie shall the dbud of the Lord be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shalbe excellent and pleasant for them that are escaped of Israél.
3.Then he that shalbe left in Zión, and he that shall remain in Jerusalém, shalbe called holy, and every one shalbe ewritten among the living in Jerusalém.
4.When the Lord shall wash the filthiness of the daughters of Zión, and purge the fblood of Jerusalém out of the middes thereof by the spirit of gjudgement, and by the spirit of burning.
5.And the Lord shall create upon every place of mount Zión, and upon the assembles thereof, ha cloud and smoke by daie, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the iglory shalbe a defence.
6.And a covering shalbe for a shadow in the daie for the heat, and a place of refuge and a covert for the storm kand for the rain.
When God shall execute this vengeance, there shall not be one man found to be the head to many women, and they contrary to womanly shamefacedness, shall seek unto men, and offer themselves to any condition.
He comforted the Church in this desolation, which shall spring up like a bud, signifying that God’s graces should be as plentiful toward the faithful, as though they sprang out of the earth, as Ch. 45.8. Some by the bud of the Lord mean Christ.