Книга пророка Исаии, Глава 4, стих 4. Толкования стиха

The prophet makes it clear how they will be worthy of these things when he says next: The Lord will wash away the filth of the sons and daughters of Zion and will cleanse the blood from their midst by a spirit of judgment. He here clearly alludes to the “washing of regeneration,” which he also set forth, as we have discussed, when he said: “Wash yourselves; become clean.” Well, now the time of this washing is proclaimed. By a spirit of judgment does not differ at all from the phrase in the Gospels, “with the Holy Spirit and with fire.” He speaks of the filth of their souls, souls that had become defiled and stained from blood, and as we have discussed above, the Word remembered this blood when he said: “Your hands are full of blood.” He then calls this blood the blood in the midst of Jerusalem in the present prophecy when he says: The Lord will wash away the filth of the sons and daughters of Zion and will cleanse the blood. And the reason why the daughters of Zion are accused again in the passage we discussed above is provided in the next verse: “Because the daughters of Zion were lifted up and walked with an uplifted neck,” and the rest. He says these things concerning those who had taken part in the murder against the Savior but who converted a little later and made his gospel known. Paul was one of these, who “indeed at first ravaged the church of God” “and consented to the death” of Stephen. Paul was in every which way stained with the blood of the Savior all over, but he later converted and was “baptized” by a spirit of judgment. All these statements apply equally well to Paul—they will be washed and they will be clean. “For by judgment” “they shall be saved” “and by righteousness,” and by a spirit of judgment. One should note that the present word is totally harmonious with the evangelical witness concerning our Savior which instructed us, saying: “He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.” For the phrase by a spirit of judgment and by a spirit of burning differs not in the slightest from “with the Holy Spirit and with fire.” For the fiery words that were addressed to them produced in them a cleansing from their sins. Likewise it is said of the Savior in the Gospel that he “baptized” not with water but “with the Holy Spirit and with fire.” When John 28 taught concerning himself, he said, “I baptize you with water,” but concerning the Savior, he said, “he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.”

духом. Возможно, имеется в виду Святой Дух, однако, скорее всего, эти слова относятся к процессу очищения (ср. Ис. 28:6).

огня. Букв.: "сжигающим". Эта метафора означает Божий суд (Ис. 1:31; Ис. 10:17; Ис. 30:27; Ис. 42:25). Через огонь, который очищает верных и поглощает неверных, Бог обретет Святой Сион.