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Isaiah 4:1

Western Saints

Jerome

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. When the most beautiful of the city of Jerusalem fall by the sword and the strong ones perish in battle, and its gates mourn and lament; and it becomes desolate due to the scarcity of people, with the warriors being killed, seven women will take hold of one man, desiring to have offspring in Zion and descendants in Jerusalem. …

Commentary on Isaiah ↗

Thomas Aquinas

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. And this is divided into two parts: in the first, he consoles them against the oppression of women; in the second, against the oppression of tyrants, where it says, in that day (Isa 4:2). 134. …

Commentary on Isaiah ↗

Bonaventure

Second, their fecundity is represented by the seven women in Isaiah: Seven women will take hold of one man on that day. A man, because these virtues produce virility; and one, because they do not divide him, but make him stable and fruitful.

Collations on the Hexaemeron, Collation 7 ↗