Isaiah 3-4
Chapter 3: Judah and Jerusalem are Punished
The Lord will take
away all people of status from Jerusalem and Judah, and give babes to rule over
them. The Lord will punish pride, including that of the daughters of Zion, who
are wanton and mincing, and wear all manner of finery. The Lord will smite them
with scabs and other afflictions. The men and the mighty shall fall in war.
Chapter 4: Zion Shall be Cleansed
The calamities of war will be so
great that seven women shall be left to one man. These people were purged of
filth, the Lord will bless the remnant, and the pillar of cloud by day and fire
by night will be created in every dwelling place, and in all the assemblies.
“And 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.” (Isaiah
4:1) This is very similar to the “Polygamy” that occurred in the LDS
Church in the early days. Because of the oppression and persecution by the
people and the government, many LDS members who were men were killed or
imprisoned. Because of this, many women (in a time when women were not given
rights without men) were forced to “marry” men in the church for legal purposes
to continue to have respect and power as women. Majority of the marriages of
plural wives were still monogamous in nature.
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