A Remnant in Zion 1 And seven women will seize one man in that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread and wear our own cloak — only let your name be called over us; take away our reproach.”
Origen of Alexandria · AD 253 The "seven women" suffer "reproach" and go about seeking to receive the one who is able to "take away their reproach". These same "seven women" make a promise, that they will "eat their own bread and be clothed with their own garments". They have no need of the "bread" of him who "takes away their reproach"; they do not lack the "garments of a man" whom they "take".
Jerome · AD 420 (Chapter IV, Verse 1) And in that day, seven women will take hold of one man, saying: We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothing, only let us be called by your name; take away our reproach.
Thomas Aquinas · AD 1274 133. And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man. After he denounces the calumny of the oppressors in chapters 2 and 3, in this chapter, the prophet sets out the consolation of the oppressed.
2 In that day the branch of the LORD will be splendor and glory, and the fruit of the land pride and beauty, for the escaped of Israel.
Jerome · AD 420 (Verse 2, 3) On that day, the Lord's shoot will be in splendor and glory, and the fruit of the earth will be exalted, and those who have been saved from Israel will rejoice. And it will be, everyone who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy, everyone who is recorded in life in Jerusalem.
Bonaventure · AD 1257 Fourth is the fullness of restoring fruits. Isaiah says: "The branch of the Lord will be luster and glory, and the fruit of the earth will be honor and splendor." And when was this? When the woman said: "Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb!"
Thomas Aquinas · AD 1274 137. In that day. Here he promises exaltation against the oppression of tyrants. And first, as to prosperity in temporal things; second, as to holiness in spiritual things, where it says, and it shall come to pass, that every one (Isa 4:3); third, as to security from enemies, where it says, and the Lord created (Isa 4:5). And he promises prosperity in three things.
3 And it will be that the one left in Zion and the one remaining in Jerusalem will be called holy — everyone written down for life in Jerusalem —
Thomas Aquinas · AD 1274 138. And it shall come to pass, that every one. Here he promises holiness in spiritual things, and concerning this he does three things.
4 when the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and rinsed the blood of Jerusalem from within her, by a spirit of judgment and by a spirit of burning.
Clement of Alexandria · AD 215 The greatest cleansing is the spiritual washing that washes away the filth of the soul. The inspired word speaks of such a washing: "The Lord shall wash away the filth of the sons and daughters of Israel and shall wash away the blood from their midst." This refers to the blood of immortality as well as the killing of the prophets.
Jerome · AD 420 (Verse 4.) When the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the blood of Jerusalem from its midst with the spirit of judgment and the spirit of burning, then the remnant of Israel shall be saved when their sins are forgiven in the baptism of the Savior and that blood is cleansed, the blood that the wandering people invoked upon themselves saying: Hi…
Thomas Aquinas · AD 1274 Third, the manner of sanctification: if the Lord shall wash away, that is, if yet before he shall wash away, the filth, of vices, and the blood, of the prophets poured out, out of the midst thereof, not in a corner, by which the public nature of their sin is noted, by the spirit of judgment, as to the equity of the punishment, and by the spirit of burning, that is, of tribulati…
5 And the LORD will create over the whole site of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud by day, and smoke, and the shining of a flaming fire by night — for over all the glory there will be a canopy.
Jerome · AD 420 (Verse 5) And the Lord will create (or created) over every place of Mount Zion, and where he is invoked, a cloud by day, and smoke and the brightness of a flaming fire at night. For in Christ there is a new creation, of which we read elsewhere: The old things have passed away: behold, all things have become new (2 Corinthians 5:17).
Thomas Aquinas · AD 1274 139. And the Lord created. Here he shows their security from enemies, and he continues the metaphor: for because he had compared tribulation to burning, he compares security to a cloud and to a tabernacle, by which one is defended from the burning heat. And this is divided into two parts.
6 And a shelter it will be, for shade by day from the heat, and for a refuge and a hiding place from downpour and from rain.
Jerome · AD 420 (Verse 6) But protection is above all glory. And it will be a tabernacle for shade from the heat during the day, and for security and hiding from the whirlwind and rain. The Jews interpret this place as referring to Antichrist, whom they believe will be defended by the Lord from a mighty adversary represented by the whirlwind and storm.
Thomas Aquinas · AD 1274 141. And there shall be a tabernacle. Here he describes the same benefit through the metaphor of a tabernacle. Hence he places the things for which a tabernacle is useful: for it protects against the heat by its shade, and as to this, he says, for a shade in the daytime from the heat, that is, in the day; second, it protects against the attack of the storm, providing security,…