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·At that time [L In that day] seven women will grab one man [C war will have decimated the male population]
    and say, “We will eat our own bread
    and ·make [wear] our own clothes [C things a husband would normally provide],
but ·please marry us [L let us be called by your name]!
    Please, take away our ·shame [disgrace; C from having no husband or children].”

The Branch of the Lord

·At that time [L In that day] the Lord’s branch [C either the produce of the land or a title for the Messiah (11:1; Jer. 23:5)] will be very beautiful and ·great [glorious]. ·What grows on the land [The fruit of the land] will be the pride and ·joy [glory] of the ·people still living in the land [L survivors in Israel].

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