Isaiah 11
11
The Righteous Reign of the Branch
1There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of #ver. 10; Acts 13:23Jesse,
and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.
2And #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.
# [John 7:24] He shall not judge by #[Eccles. 1:8]what his eyes see,
or decide disputes by #[Eccles. 1:8]what his ears hear,
4but #Ps. 72:2, 4 with righteousness he shall judge the poor,
and decide with equity for the meek of the earth;
and he shall #Ps. 2:9; [Mal. 4:6] strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,
and #Job 4:9; 2 Thess. 2:8 with the breath of his lips #Ps. 139:19he shall kill the wicked.
5Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist,
and #[Eph. 6:14]faithfulness the belt of his loins.
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.
9 # [See ver. 6 above] They shall not hurt or destroy
in all #Ps. 78:54 my holy mountain;
#
Hab. 2:14
for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord
as the waters cover the sea.
10In that day #Cited Rom. 15:12 the root of #ver. 1 Jesse, who shall stand as #ch. 49:22; [Ex. 17:15]a signal for the peoples—of him shall the nations inquire, and his resting place shall be glorious.
11 # ch. 10:20 In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that remains of his people, #ch. 27:13; Mic. 7:12; Zech. 10:10 from Assyria, #ch. 27:13; Mic. 7:12; Zech. 10:10 from Egypt, from #Jer. 44:1, 15; Ezek. 29:14; 30:14 Pathros, from #See Gen. 10:6-12 Cush,#11:11 Probably Nubia from #Gen. 10:22; 14:1, 9; Jer. 25:25; See Jer. 49:34-39 Elam, from #Gen. 11:2 Shinar, from #See ch. 10:9 Hamath, and from #Esth. 10:1the coastlands of the sea.
12He will raise #[See ver. 10 above] a signal for the nations
and will assemble #ch. 56:8; [Zech. 10:6]the banished of Israel,
and gather the dispersed of Judah
from the four corners of the earth.
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.
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 #Judg. 6:3; See Jer. 49:28 the people of the east.
They shall put out their hand #Ps. 60:8 against #[2 Sam. 8:14] Edom and #[2 Sam. 8:2] Moab,
and #See 2 Sam. 12:26-31the Ammonites shall obey them.
15And the Lord will utterly destroy#11:15 Hebrew devote to destruction
# [Zech. 10:11] the tongue of the Sea of Egypt,
and will wave his hand over #See ch. 7:20the River#11:15 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 #ch. 19:23; [ch. 35:8] a highway from Assyria
for the remnant that remains of his people,
#
Ex. 14:29
as there was for Israel
when they came up from the land of Egypt.
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Isaiah 11
11
Peace at last
1Like a branch that sprouts#Rev 5.5; 22.16.
from a stump,
someone from David's family#11.1 David's family: Hebrew “Jesse's family”. Jesse was the father of King David.
will some day be king.
2The Spirit of the LORD
will be with him
to give him understanding,
wisdom, and insight.
He will be powerful,
and he will know
and honour the LORD.
3His greatest joy will be
to obey the LORD.
This king won't judge
by appearances
or listen to rumours.
4The poor and the needy#2 Th 2.8.
will be treated with fairness
and with justice.
His word will be law
everywhere in the land,
and criminals
will be put to death.
5Honesty and fairness#Eph 6.14.
will be his royal robes.
6Leopards will lie down#Is 65.25.
with young goats,
and wolves will rest
with lambs.
Calves and lions
will eat together
and be cared for
by little children.
7Cows and bears will share
the same pasture;
their young will rest
side by side.
Lions and oxen
will both eat straw.
8Little children will play
near snake holes.
They will stick their hands
into dens of poisonous snakes
and never be hurt.
9Nothing harmful will take place#He 2.14.
on the LORD's holy mountain.
Just as water fills the sea,
the land will be filled
with people who know
and honour the LORD.
God's people will come back home
10The time is coming when one of David's descendants#11.10 David's descendants: Hebrew “Jesse's descendants” (see the note at 11.1). will be the signal for the people of all nations to come together. They will follow his advice, and his own nation will become famous.#Ro 15.12.
11When that day comes, the Lord will again reach out his mighty arm and bring home his people who have survived in Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Ethiopia,#11.11 Ethiopia: The Hebrew text has “Cush”, which was a region south of Egypt that included parts of the present countries of Ethiopia and Sudan. Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the land along the coast.#11.11 land along the coast: Or “islands”. 12He will give a signal to the nations, and he will bring together the refugees from Judah and Israel, who have been scattered all over the earth. 13Israel will stop being jealous of Judah, and Judah will no longer be the enemy of Israel. 14Instead, they will get together and attack the Philistines in the west. Then they will defeat the Edomites, the Moabites, and the Ammonites in the east. They will rule those people and take from them whatever they want.
15The Lord will dry up the arm of the Red Sea near Egypt,#11.15 arm of the Red Sea near Egypt: Gulf of Suez. and he will send a scorching wind to divide the River Euphrates into seven streams that anyone can step across.#Rev 16.12. 16Then for his people who survive, there will be a good road from Assyria, just as there was a good road for their ancestors when they left Egypt.
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