Isaiah 4:1
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.
Cross-references
Isaiah 3:25 directly precedes—men fall by the sword, causing the shortage that leads to seven women seeking one man.
Isaiah 3:26 follows the same judgment scene: gates lament and the city sits desolate, setting the stage for the women's desperation.
Isaiah 13:12 predicts men will be more precious than gold—matches the extreme scarcity of men after judgment in Isaiah 4:1.
In Isaiah 3:6, a man is seized to be ruler in chaos; here women seize a man for marriage—both depict desperate social breakdown in judgment.
Isaiah 2:11 also speaks of 'that day' when the lofty are humbled—the same judgment era that leaves women desperate for husbands.
Isaiah 2:17 repeats the humbling of man's haughtiness on 'that day'—reinforcing the context of divine judgment leading to scarcity.
In Psalm 78:63, young women have no wedding songs because young men are killed, mirroring the judgment aftermath that leaves women seeking husbands.
Zechariah 8:23 shows ten men grasping a Jew — a positive reversal of the seven women grasping one man in Isaiah 4:1.
Jeremiah 15:8 describes widows multiplying like sand — the same demographic disaster that leaves seven women per man in Isaiah 4:1.