Seven Women for One Man? Why?

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."

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This verse has bothered me for quite a few years. Why would SEVEN women try to latch on to ONE man? Surely there are more than 1/7th the male population by the end of days who are worth being connected to!

Turns out, not so much. In case you didn't notice, between the lack of Jesus in society in general, the lack of parenting for several generations in a row, and the lack of education in government-run "schools," the quality of males out there has declined rather badly. Listening to the Dr. Laura Schlessinger radio program some days I have to wonder what the hell is wrong with these women, picking absolute Losers for husbands.

Extend the trendline out for a few more years, and it's not hard to imagine that there will be two classes of men, and the better will be so much better than the lower, it will be dramatically obvious. Women will be so desperate for a man that isn't a complete loser, to take away the reproach of being a single mother, they'll look for the opposite type of male from the one that knocked them up, and try to at least have the appearance of respectability. They might be "family" or they might be "married" (note: polygamists are hot on the heels of queers for marriage rights, even as we speak) but the man will not be burdened with the additional costs of paying for the extra 14+ mouths to feed. They're saying, in essence, 'let me be part of your respectable family, and I'll support my children and myself.'

Sad, sad commentary.