Isaiah 11 ESV | WeDevote Bible

The Righteous Reign of the Branch

1There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of 11:1 ver. 10; Acts 13:23Jesse,

and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.

2And 11:2 ch. 61:1; Matt. 3:16; Mark 1:10; Luke 3:22the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him,

the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,

the Spirit of counsel and might,

the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.

3And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord.

11:3 [John 7:24] He shall not judge by 11:3 [Eccles. 1:8]what his eyes see,

or decide disputes by 11:3 [Eccles. 1:8]what his ears hear,

4but 11:4 Ps. 72:2, 4with righteousness he shall judge the poor,

and decide with equity for the meek of the earth;

and he shall 11:4 Ps. 2:9; [Mal. 4:6] strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,

and 11:4 Job 4:9; 2 Thess. 2:8with the breath of his lips 11:4 Ps. 139:19he shall kill the wicked.

5Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist,

and 11:5 [Eph. 6:14]faithfulness the belt of his loins.

611:6 ch. 65:25; [Hos. 2:18]The wolf shall dwell with the lamb,

and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat,

and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together;

and a little child shall lead them.

7The cow and the bear shall graze;

their young shall lie down together;

and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

8The nursing child shall play over the hole of the cobra,

and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder’s den.

911:9 [See ver. 6above] They shall not hurt or destroy

in all 11:9 Ps. 78:54my holy mountain;

11:9 Hab. 2:14for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord

as the waters cover the sea.

10In that day 11:10 Cited Rom. 15:12the root of 11:10 ver. 1Jesse, who shall stand as 11:10 ch. 49:22; [Ex. 17:15]a signal for the peoples—of him shall the nations inquire, and his resting place shall be glorious.

1111:11 ch. 10:20In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that remains of his people, 11:11 ch. 27:13; Mic. 7:12; Zech. 10:10from Assyria, 11:11 ch. 27:13; Mic. 7:12; Zech. 10:10from Egypt, from 11:11 Jer. 44:1, 15; Ezek. 29:14; 30:14Pathros, from 11:11 See Gen. 10:6-12Cush,11:11 Probably Nubia from 11:11 Gen. 10:22; 14:1, 9; Jer. 25:25; See Jer. 49:34-39Elam, from 11:11 Gen. 11:2Shinar, from 11:11 See ch. 10:9Hamath, and from 11:11 Esth. 10:1the coastlands of the sea.

12He will raise 11:12 [See ver. 10above] a signal for the nations

and will assemble 11:12 ch. 56:8; [Zech. 10:6]the banished of Israel,

and gather the dispersed of Judah

from the four corners of the earth.

1311:13 Ezek. 37:16, 17; [ch. 9:21; Zech. 11:14]The jealousy of Ephraim shall depart,

and those who harass Judah shall be cut off;

Ephraim shall not be jealous of Judah,

and Judah shall not harass Ephraim.

1411:14 [2 Sam. 8:1; 2 Kgs. 18:8] But they shall swoop down on the shoulder of the Philistines in the west,

and together they shall plunder 11:14 Judg. 6:3; See Jer. 49:28the people of the east.

They shall put out their hand 11:14 Ps. 60:8against 11:14 [2 Sam. 8:14] Edom and 11:14 [2 Sam. 8:2] Moab,

and 11:14 See 2 Sam. 12:26-31the Ammonites shall obey them.

15And the Lord will utterly destroy11:15 Hebrew devote to destruction

11:15 [Zech. 10:11] the tongue of the Sea of Egypt,

and will wave his hand over 11:15 See ch. 7:20the River11:15 That is, the Euphrates

with his scorching breath,11:15 Or wind

and strike it into seven channels,

and he will lead people across in sandals.

16And there will be 11:16 ch. 19:23; [ch. 35:8] a highway from Assyria

for the remnant that remains of his people,

11:16 Ex. 14:29as there was for Israel

when they came up from the land of Egypt.

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