1And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.4.1 let…: Heb. let thy name be called upon us4.1 to take…: or, take thou away
2In 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.4.2 beautiful…: Heb. beauty and glory4.2 them…: Heb. the escaping 3And 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:4.3 among…: or, to life 4When 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. 5And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.4.5 upon all: or, above all4.5 defence: Heb. covering 6And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.
1Sa mga araw na iyon, pitong babae ang mag-aagawan sa isang lalaki at sasabihin nila, “Kami na ang bahala sa pagkain at damit namin, pakasalan mo lang kami para hindi kami kahiya-hiya dahil wala kaming asawa.”
Muling Pagpapalain ang Jerusalem
2Darating ang araw na pasasaganain at pagagandahin ng Panginoon ang mga pananim4:2 mga pananim: sa literal, mga sanga. sa Israel, at ang mga ani ng lupain ay magiging karangalan at kaligayahan ng natitirang mga tao sa Jerusalem. 3Tatawaging banal ang mga natirang buhay sa Zion, ang lungsod ng Jerusalem. 4Sa pamamagitan ng kanyang kapangyarihan, hahatulan niya at lilinisin ang kasamaan ng mga babae sa Jerusalem at ang mga patayan doon. 5Pagkatapos, lilikha ang Panginoon ng ulap na lililim sa ibabaw ng Jerusalem4:5 Jerusalem: sa Hebreo, Bundok ng Zion. at sa mga nagtitipon doon. Lilikha rin siya ng nagniningas na apoy na magbibigay ng liwanag kung gabi. Tatakip ito sa Jerusalem na parang isang malapad na tolda, 6at parang kubol na magsisilbing lilim sa init ng araw at kublihan sa panahon ng bagyo at ulan.
