Isaiah 4

What defines your shame? The desperate women in Isaiah 4:1 are inundated with shame. But what is the source of their shame? They have clothes to cover their nakedness. They have food so they don't need to beg. What do these women lack. The texts makes it sound like all they lack is a husband. I think their shame is found in their way of life; they are consistently rejecting their God and his ways. They lay a hold of the man hoping that their choice of a god-substitute will eliminate their wayward lives. But only one choice is available to shed the shame of our sinful life. Whether we are a man or a woman we must chose God's way. Those it begins with humiliation it leads to freedom and glory as God's children.
Stuart